The AER Benchmark Book (Release 1) comprises info files PREAMBLE.doc and test descriptions and solutions. All files are readable either by WORD97 (extension: doc), or are ASCI text files (extension: dat), PDF files (extension PDF) or compressed zip files (extension: arj). The AER Benchmark Book (Release 1) contains test cases to be used in the validation and verification process of VVER-type reactors. Furthermore, it contains solutions to the test cases. Detailed list of the test cases is available in Preamble.doc. Readers are encouraged to use the technical data and technical terms in Preamble.doc. Test cases are given in the following files: 1, Preamble.doc (Title page and introduction) 2, DYN001.doc Dynamics benchmark No.1 3, DYN002.doc Dynamics benchmark No. 2 4, DYN003.doc Dynamics benchmark No. 3 5,DYN004.doc Dynamics benchmark No. 4 6,DYN005.doc Dynamics benchmark No. 5 7,FCM001.doc VVER-440 core, Seidel's Test (60 deg) 8,FCM002.doc VVER-440 core, 180 deg 9,FCM101.doc VVER-1000 Core, 60 deg 10,FCM102.doc VVER-1000 core (60 deg) 11,BCR001.doc Burnup credit 12,TRO001.doc Load follow test 13,KAB001.doc Assembly Burnup 14,HOM001.doc VVER-1000 Assembly Homogenization/Dehomogenization Tests DYN003, DYN004 and TRO001 was finalized in the last minutes, its review was simplified. Solutions are given in the following files: DYN001s1.doc Solution to DYN001 by DYN3D (Krell) DYN001s1.txt Results of DYN001s1.doc DYN001s3.doc Solution to DYN001 by KIKO3D DYN001s4.zip Solution to DYN001 by DYN3D (Grundmann) DYN001s5.zip Solution to DYN001 by KIKO3D DYN002s1.doc Solution to DYN002 by DYN3D/M2 (Grundmann) DYN002s5.zip Solution to DYN002 by KIKO3D DYN03s2.doc Solution to DYN003 by DYN3D (Hadek) DYN03s2F.dat Text file of DYN03s2.doc DYN03S3.DOC Results of DYN003 by DYN3D (FRZ) DYN03S3.TXT Results of DYN003 by DYN3D text (FRZ) DYN003s5.zip Solution to DYN003 by KIKO3D DYN04S1.DOC Results of DYN004 by DYN3D (FRZ) DYN04S1.TXT Results of DYN004 by DYN3D text (FRZ) DYN04S2.DOC Solution to DYN004 by DYN3D (Hadek) DYN04S2.ZIP Results of DYN004 by DYN3D (Hadek) DYN04S3.DOC Solution to DYN004 by DYN3D (FRZ) DYN04S3.TXT Results of DYN004 by DYN3D (FRZ) DYN04S4.DOC Solution to DYN004 by KIKO3D DYN04S4.TXT Results of DYN004 by KIKO3D DYN05S2.DOC Solution to DYN005 by DYN3D (Hadek) DYN05S2.ZIP Results of DYN005 by DYN3D (Hadek) dyn05s3.doc Solution to DYN005 by KIKO3D (Hegyi Gy.) DYN05S3.TXT Results of DYN005 by KIKO3D (Hegyi Gy.) DYN05S4.DOC Solution Sheet of DYN005 by DYN3D/ATHLET (Kliem) DYN05S4.TXT Results of DYN005 by DYN3D/ATHLET (Kliem) The benchmark submitted by the author was reviewed but no editing was made, hence the style of the test specifications may be different. List of Tests AER-DYN-001..............Dynamic benchmark (1) ............ 20 pages AER-DYN-002.............Dynamic benchmark (2)............ ..21 pages AER-DYN-003.............Dynamic benchmark (3)............ ..16 pages AER-DYN-004.............Dynamic benchmark (4)............ ..14 pages AER-DYN-005.............Dynamic benchmark (5)............ ..15 pages AER-FCM-001..............VVER-440 full core calculation ............ .39 pages AER-FCM-002.............VVER-440 full core calculation (180 deg).....................72 pages AER-FCM-101............VVER-1000 core calculation ............ .....12 pages AER-FCM-102............VVER-1000 core calculation ............ 6 pages AER-BCR-001 ............burnup credit.................... .. 47 pages AER-TRO-001............load follow test............ .. ...... ..13 pages AER-KAB-001............assembly burnup test.......... ......... .............15 pages AER-HOM-102............VVER-1000 homogenization ............ 34 pages