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← ScienceWhich risk increases when enriched uranium is used for fuel pellets in a CANDU reactor?
A)Increased neutron flux variation✓
B)Reduced coolant system efficiency
C)Elevated deuterium oxide production
D)Enhanced zircaloy cladding corrosion
💡 Explanation
Using enriched uranium increases the concentration of fissile isotopes, leading to higher neutron densities in specific areas; therefore, designers buffer for flux variation, rather than expecting constant coolant profiles, because heat dispersal is uneven.
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