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← ScienceWhich risk significantly increases after a batch of radioactive Xenon-135 is produced in a nuclear reactor?
A)Reactor power oscillation instabilities✓
B)Fuel clad oxidation acceleration
C)Neutron flux asymmetries lessen dramatically
D)Elevated risk of pressure tube rupture
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Reactor instability risk increases as Xenon-135 undergoes beta decay into Cesium-135. This causes iodine-135 to decay into Xenon-135 as neutron absorption decreases following higher fuel burnup; therefore, reactor power oscillations are more likely, rather than the clad oxidation, tube rupture, or lessened flux asymmetries.
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