Which outcome occurs as prompt neutrons moderate rapidly reducing kinetic energy in a nuclear reactor?

💡 Explanation

Resonance absorption increases because the neutron capture cross-section of U-238 is high at specific intermediate energies; therefore, neutron population at those energies decrease, rather than increasing fission rates significantly at thermal energies under normal operational constraints.

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