From b80e9acc4ca41362107d4d990804b4525ceb2537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bsculac <bsculac@terrapower.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:20:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix _getParamMax symmetry to account for assembly params

---
 armi/physics/fuelCycle/fuelHandlers.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/armi/physics/fuelCycle/fuelHandlers.py b/armi/physics/fuelCycle/fuelHandlers.py
index 51e5eb81b..655eaa08f 100644
--- a/armi/physics/fuelCycle/fuelHandlers.py
+++ b/armi/physics/fuelCycle/fuelHandlers.py
@@ -216,15 +216,20 @@ def _getParamMax(a, paramName, blockLevelMax=True):
         multiplier = a.getSymmetryFactor()
         if multiplier != 1:
             # handle special case: volume-integrated parameters where symmetry factor is not 1
+            if blockLevelMax:
+                paramCollection = a.getBlocks()[0].p
+            else:
+                paramCollection = a.p
             isVolumeIntegrated = (
-                a.getBlocks()[0].p.paramDefs[paramName].location
+                paramCollection.paramDefs[paramName].location
                 == ParamLocation.VOLUME_INTEGRATED
             )
             multiplier = a.getSymmetryFactor() if isVolumeIntegrated else 1.0
+
         if blockLevelMax:
             return a.getChildParamValues(paramName).max() * multiplier
-
-        return a.p[paramName] * multiplier
+        else:
+            return a.p[paramName] * multiplier
 
     def findAssembly(
         self,