Rapid boron injection is required in specific emergency scenarios where there is a need to quickly reduce reactor reactivity and shut down the nuclear chain reaction. Boron is a strong neutron absorber and acts as a "neutron poison", rapidly decreasing the number of neutrons available to sustain fission. One such scenario is an uncontrolled reactivity insertion event, where there is a sudden and unexpected increase in reactivity. Th....
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