Fuel is loaded into a core during a critical experiment when an extra fuel element accidentally drops into the core that is already critical. The reactivity worth of the element is 0.0015. If the total temperature coefficient is -8.8x10-5/K, how high will the temperature of the system go before the positive reactivity is canceled out? The initial temperature of the core is 300K.
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