Research Article

Sensitivity Studies for the Exercise I-1 of the OECD/UAM Benchmark

Table 7

Manufacturing sensitivities for TMI-1 and PB-2 test cases.

ParameterTMI-1PB-2
Variation (pcm)Variation (pcm)
HZPHFPHZPHFP

Fuel density+0.17 g/cm3−97−104+0.91%−43−95
Fuel pellet diameter+0.013 mm−19−20+0.013 mm−12−23
Gap thickness
 from outside+0.024 mm−84−91
 from inside+0.024 mm6974
Clad thickness
 from outside+0.025 mm−104−110+0.04 mm−129−226
 from inside+0.025 mm−16−15+0.04 mm−23−24
235U concentration+0.00224 w/o44