Which risk increases when molten salt reactor fuel cools?

💡 Explanation

Decay heat is produced, so natural convection ceases. Blockage then locally increases the fuel temperature. Therefore localized overheating occurs, rather than controlled uniform temperature, because decay heat is unavoidable.

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