Which outcome increases when cadmium control rods fail during reactor fission?

💡 Explanation

Runaway fission arises when the control rods fail because neutron absorption decreases, allowing a faster supercritical reaction via neutron multiplication, therefore accelerating chain reactions rather than reducing them because other options involve mitigation.

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