Rapid Thermal Annealing (RTA) is indispensable for the formation of ultra-shallow source/drain junctions. To improve the annealing conditions, a fundamental understanding of the influences on the diffusion/activation process is necessary. Ion implantations of 1 keV boron at a dose of Phi approximate to 1.10(15) cm(-2) are annealed in a SHS2800 epsilon RTP-system under controlled concentrations of oxygen in nitrogen ambient (0-1 ppm up to 1%). Concentration-depth profiles, measured by Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS), are simulated within the framework of the kick-out model involving diffusion enhancement via supersaturation of silicon self-interstitials. The validity of this interpretation is supported by the simulated results which are in good agreement with experimental data. After RTA for 10 s at 1050 degrees C the junctions are varying within a range of 800 Angstrom to 1400 Angstrom depending on the annealing ambient. The results of the simulation yield finite values of self-interstitial supersaturation as a function of the oxygen concentration.