Research Article

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

Table 1

Reference simulation parameters.

ParameterNEWTHELIOS

Cross-sections libraryENDF/B-VII.0HELIOS master library
Number of energy group238190
Grid structure
Number of sides per cylinder12
Number of fuel pin azimuthal regions4
Convergence Criteria
 Inner iterations10−410−4
 Outer iterations10−6
value10−610−6