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Nuclear Engineering and Design 240 (2010) 672–677 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Nuclear Engineering and Design j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/nucengdes Assessment of RELAP5 point kinetic model against reactivity insertion transient in the IAEA 10 MW MTR research reactor T. Hamidouche a,∗ , A. Bousbia-Salah b,1 a Division de l’Environnement, de la Sûreté et des Déchets Radioactifs, Centre de Recherche Nucléaire d’Alger, 02 Boulevard Frantz Fanon, BP 399 Alger RP, Algeria b DIMNP - University of Pisa, Via Diotisalvi 02, 56126 Pisa, Italy a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The current study emphasizes an aspect related to the assessment of a model embedded in a computer Received 14 April 2009 code. The study concerns more particularly the point neutron kinetics model of the RELAP5/Mod3 code Received in revised form 5 November 2009 which is worldwide used. The model is assessed against positive reactivity insertion transient taking into Accepted 5 November 2009 account calculations involving thermal-hydraulic feedback as well as transients with no feedback effects. It was concluded that the RELAP5 point kinetics model provides unphysical power evolution trends due This work is dedicated to the memory of Dr most probably to a bug during the programming process. A. Baha from the Nuclear Research centre of © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Birine, Algeria. 1. Introduction