Scram is the term used by nuclear engineers to describe a rapid emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor. The nuclear industry has made a concerted effort to significantly reduce the number of unplanned scrams. The accompanying table gives the number of scrams at each of 56 U.S. nuclear reactor units in a recent year. Would you expect to observe a nuclear reactor in the future with 11 unplanned scrams? Explain.

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