In the critical assembly SNEAK 12B, the reactivity effects of material movements occurring in a postulated fast reactor accident were investigated in a test zone composed of PuO2UO2 rod bundles. The experimental program included addition and removal of fuel, addition of steel between the fuel rods, and vertical and horizontal relocation of fuel. The measured reactivity changes could be well reproduced by eigenvalue calculations in SN transport theory, while first-order perturbation transport theory and diffusion theory in most cases yielded substantial deviations.