Which risk increases when molten salt fast reactors encounter significant overheating?

💡 Explanation

Hot fuel causes thermal expansion, decreasing density. This leads to fewer fissions, but because the fuel enrichment must be higher than conventional reactors, there's runaway positive feedback from decreased neutron absorption probability: therefore, spontaneous criticality accidents become more likely, rather than mitigated temperature effects.

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