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← ScienceWhich outcome follows increased neutron absorption when nuclear binding capacity drops?
A)Reactor criticality risk diminishes significantly
B)Gamma radiation accelerates fuel cladding corrosion✓
C)Delayed neutron fraction rises unexpectedly
D)Coolant passage experiences elevated scale formation
💡 Explanation
Increased neutron absorption and reduced binding in fuel creates unstable isotopes, leading to more beta decays and gamma radiation through the **internal conversion**. Gamma radiation increases, therefore corrosive processes accelerate on vessel and rods, rather than other effects of reactivity change alone.
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