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(U) Calculating First-Order Sensitivities to Material Density and Composition in Fixed-Source Problems Using the MCNP6 Perturbation Capability

The Taylor series (differential operator) perturbation method, as implemented in the PERT capability in MCNP6 (Ref. 1), can be used for first-order sensitivity analyses in fixed-source problems.2 Sensitivities of a response with respect to material and nuclide densities can be used for efficient first-order uncertainty quantification. This report discusses how to compute sensitivities of material densities and compositions in order to propagate uncertainties using the standard uncertainty propagation formula.

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