A containment vessel of a boiling-water nuclear power plant and a method
of operating a condenser in a nuclear power plant, include a drain pipe
which connects a top region of the containment vessel to a condensing
chamber disposed in the containment vessel. The drain pipe draws off
noncondensible gases from the surroundings of a building condenser in the
containment vessel and thus maintains reliability of performance of the
building condenser. The noncondensible gases flow automatically into the
condensing chamber through the drain pipe. As a result, the building
condenser may have a simple and cost-effective structure.