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Excursion
A sudden, very rapid rise in the power level of a reactor caused by supercriticality. Excursions are usually quickly suppressed by the negative temperature coefficient, the fuel temperature coefficient or the void coefficient (depending upon reactor design), or by rapid insertion of control rods.
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