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In this paper, KENOV.a module of SCALE code system was used to perform Monte Carlo simulation of the TRIGA MARK II research reactor benchmark experiments [1,2] in steady state operation conditions. Robert Jeraj and his coworkers have presented a similar simulation of the TRIGA MARK II research reactor benchmark experiments via MCNP4A in 1997. [3] The core excess reactivity measurement experiments were simulated using detailed geometrical representation with ENDF/B-V 44 and 238 group cross-section libraries. The experiments on control rod worth measurements were simulated for rod insertion and rod exchange method. It was shown that the experimental results on control rod worths are in good agreement with KENOV.a simulations in the case of rod insertion method. However, the simulation results for the rod exchange method are not in agreement with the experimental data since the model used in KENOV.a does not represent the experimental setup.