Research Article

Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation for Safety Analysis of Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors

Table 3

Relative contribution to uncertainty of kinf for an inner assembly from serpent at BOC and EOC.

RankUncertainty Contribution (%)
Nuclide/nuclide-reactionBOCNuclide/nuclide-reactionEOC

1235U (n, γ)/235 U (n, γ)65.8235U (n, γ)/235U (n, γ)54.7
2238U (n, n′)/238U (n, n′)19.1238U (n, n′)/238U (n, n′)27.9
3238U (n, γ)/238U (n, γ)5.11238U (n, γ)/238U (n, γ)5.86
4235U fission/235U fission1.74235U fission/235U fission1.81
556Fe elastic/56Fe elastic1.7316O (n, n)/16O (n, n)1.52