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 | HZP | HFP |
| Inner hole diameter | | | | Upper limit (0.17 cm) | +0.03 cm | 80 | 87 | Fuel density | | | | Upper limit (10.7 g/cm3) | +0.3 g/cm3 | −151 | −163 | Fuel pellet diameter | | | | Lower limit (0.753 cm) | −0.003 cm | 50 | 54 | Clad inner diameter | | | | Upper limit (0.778 cm) | +0.006 cm | 31 | 31 | Clad outer diameter | | | | Upper limit (0.915 cm) | +0.005 cm | −135 | −144 | Lower limit (0.905 cm) | −0.005 cm | 132 | 141 |
235U concentration | | | | Upper limit (3.35%) | −0.05 w/o | 168 | 170 | Lower limit (3.25%) | +0.05 w/o | −173 | −175 |
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