Following a loss-of-coolant accident, a reactor scram resulted.
The source range monitors (SRMs) were inserted and are currently positioned in a voided region of the core.
If the SRMs are subsequently repositioned to a water-filled region of the core, the indicated count rate will __________; primarily due to a __________ in the water-filled region of the core.
A. decrease, smaller fast neutron flux
B. decrease, smaller thermal neutron flux
C. increase, larger fast neutron flux
D. increase, larger thermal neutron flux
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Answer: D
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