Which risk increases when enriched uranium is used for fuel pellets in a CANDU reactor?

💡 Explanation

Using enriched uranium increases the concentration of fissile isotopes, leading to higher neutron densities in specific areas; therefore, designers buffer for flux variation, rather than expecting constant coolant profiles, because heat dispersal is uneven.

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