Summary of ICAP assessment results for RELAP5/MOD2

The International Code Assessment and Applications Program (ICAP) encompasses bilateral agreements between the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and fourteen nations and/or multinational organizations. One purpose of the ICAP is to provide assessments of the RELAP5 computer code with the intent to identifying code deficiencies and drafting user guidelines. To date, twenty assessment studies have been provided by ICAP assessing the RELAP5/MOD2 code. Of these, ten have been reviewed and evaluated. Based on these ten studies, three code deficiencies were identified and four user guidelines drafted. The code deficiencies are listed and the user guidelines stated. A summary of the information considered and the procedure used in the identification of the code deficiencies and the formulation of user guidelines is given