Which outcome occurs with increased operation cycles due to thermal ratcheting in a nuclear reactor?

💡 Explanation

Creep strain increases because thermal ratcheting cyclically causes incremental plastic deformation from repeated thermal stress beyond the yield point. Therefore, cladding steadily weakens under load, rather than other changes in other reactor parameters, because of the material properties under cycling conditions.

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