Which risk escalates as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) degrade in deep-space probes?

💡 Explanation

Increased radiation exposure risk escalates due to radioactive decay altering the isotopic composition via alpha decay; this shifts daughter products, because these decay chain products emit different energies causing more external gamma radiation, therefore B describes the rising hazard better than component failure.

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