Which risk increases when neutron moderation fails in CANDU reactors?

💡 Explanation

A sustained chain reaction depends on controlled neutron moderation; loss of coolant reduces moderator efficiency impacting neutron flux, because increasing localized flux then induces spatial oscillations through xenon poisoning, therefore option A, rather than creep or tritium.

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