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← ScienceWhich risk increases within a PWR containment when control rods fail?
A)Uncontrolled chain reaction escalation✓
B)Decay heat decreases rapidly
C)Moderator supercriticality diminishes faster
D)Cladding breaches reduce sharply
💡 Explanation
Uncontrolled fission elevates the risk of a runaway chain reaction, because neutron moderation continues unhindered; therefore, reactivity increases rather than diminishing, due to the failure of neutron absorption by control rods.
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