Which risk increases during subcritical nuclear reactor operation?

💡 Explanation

Accumulation of fission product poisons increases because the fissile material undergoing nuclear fission generates elements that strongly absorb neutrons; therefore reactor reactivity is suppressed, rather than increased heat causing cladding stress, since criticality is avoided.

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