Burning
Both words in one sentence
- The resulting radioactive decay was generating the excess heat, so paradoxically, adding even more fuel rods solves the problem, by "burning up" the xenon-135 with the sudden burst of neutrons from the extra uraniumnote xenon-136 is a stable isotope with a much smaller capture cross-section.
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