Research Article

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

Table 8

Manufacturing sensitivities for Kozloduy-6 test case.

Parameter Variation ρ (pcm)
Kozloduy-6
HZPHFP

Inner hole diameter
 Upper limit (0.17 cm) +0.03 cm8087
Fuel density
 Upper limit (10.7 g/cm3) +0.3 g/cm3−151−163
Fuel pellet diameter
 Lower limit (0.753 cm)−0.003 cm5054
Clad inner diameter
 Upper limit (0.778 cm) +0.006 cm3131
Clad outer diameter
 Upper limit (0.915 cm) +0.005 cm−135−144
 Lower limit (0.905 cm) −0.005 cm132141
235U concentration
 Upper limit (3.35%) −0.05 w/o168170
 Lower limit (3.25%) +0.05 w/o−173−175