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← ScienceWhich risk increases when neutron moderation fails in CANDU reactors?
A)Xe-135 concentration spatial oscillations appear✓
B)Fuel cladding mechanical creep accelerates
C)Fission product release significantly decreases
D)Tritium production unexpectedly decreases
💡 Explanation
A sustained chain reaction depends on controlled neutron moderation; loss of coolant reduces moderator efficiency impacting neutron flux, because increasing localized flux then induces spatial oscillations through xenon poisoning, therefore option A, rather than creep or tritium.
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