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

Table 10

Manufacturing sensitivities for TMI-1 at HFP conditions considering thermal expansion.

Parameter	Variation	Δρ (pcm)
		HFP	HFP with thermal expansion
Fuel density	+0.17 g/cm^3	−104	−105
Fuel pellet diameter	+0.013 mm	−20	−20
Gap thickness
from outside	+0.024 mm	−91	−92
from inside	+0.024 mm	74	74
Clad thickness
from outside	+0.025 mm	−110	−111
from inside	+0.025 mm	−15	−15
^235U concentration	+0.00224 w/o	4	4