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Iodine spiking factor
The magnitude of a rapid, short-term increase in the appearance rate of radioiodine in the reactor coolant system. This increase is generally caused by a reactor transient that results in a rapid drop in reactor coolant system pressure relative to the fuel rod internal pressure.
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