Research Article
Sensitivity Studies for the Exercise I-1 of the OECD/UAM Benchmark
Table 2
Manufacturing tolerances for TMI-1 test case.
| Parameter | Reference value | Variation | TMI-1 | PB-2 |
| Fuel density | 10.283 g/cm3 | ±0.17 g/cm3 | ±0.91% (= ± 0.095 g/cm3) | Fuel pellet diameter | 9.391 mm | ±0.013 mm | ±0.013 mm | Gap thickness | 0.0955 mm | ±0.024 mm | — | Clad thickness | 0.673 mm | ±0.025 mm | ±0.04 mm |
235U concentration | 4.85 w/o | ±0.00224 w/o | — |
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