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← ScienceWhich consequence results when fuel enrichment drops significantly in a tokamak reactor?
A)Bremsstrahlung radiation increases non-linearly
B)Plasma confinement degrades substantially
C)Neutron flux declines exponentially✓
D)Superconducting magnets quench instantaneously
💡 Explanation
The neutron flux declines because the rate of fusion reactions heavily depends on deuterium-tritium concentration; this mechanism is controlled by the exponential relationship in the fusion cross-section. Therefore neutron flux decreases exponentially rather than linearly because the fusion probability plummets along particle density falloff.
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