Nuclear Fission at Your Fingertips (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Nuclear Fission at Your Fingertips

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A birds-eye view of a research reactor's core is displayed on an iPhone using ImageVis3D software developed by the University of Utah's Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. The red-colored fuel rods are absorbing the most neutrons during the fission reaction inside the core. The university's Nuclear Engineering Program developed an interface so computer simulations of nuclear reactor cores can be generated on iPhones, iPods, iPads or other computers. The simulations are used in research and to help train a new generation of nuclear engineers.

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Shanjie Xiao, University of Utah

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