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<h2>Fast Nuclear Sim</h2>
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The project was named this way after I built a command-line based nuclear reaction simulator
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in C++ which simulated random events leading to decay chains and the radioactive isotopes themselves
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(as whole integer amounts) in each simulated sample. Whilst I ended up with semi-realistic results,
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with each sample containing radioactive isotopes known to be fission products, my simulation was
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also far too slow and imprecise for it to actually be used in a nuclear power plant simulation.
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Fast Nuclear Sim was created to be a faster, floating point based nuclear reaction simulator.
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It doesn't try to approximate the isotopes themselves, but it instead approximates some of the
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more key ones, such as both the uranium-235 and uranium-238 components of the fuel,
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the waste products of nuclear fission, and the reduction in reactor power from xenon-135.
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This project was created in C++ and is rendered using GLFW and OpenGL. The project is incomplete,
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but still being worked on. The project is, and consists fully of, open source software.
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<img src="/static/image/fast_nuclear_sim_cherenkov.png" alt="Image of Cherenkov radiation inside the pressure vessel" />
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The blue glow here is from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation" target="_blank">Cherenkov Radiation</a>.
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<img src="/static/image/fast_nuclear_sim_control_room.png" alt="Fast Nuclear Sim control room" />
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This is the control room of the nuclear power plant.
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<img src="/static/image/fast_nuclear_sim_dials.png" alt="Fast Nuclear Sim dials" />
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These are the dials for the electrical grid connection part of the nuclear power plant.
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This shows the power output of the generator onto the grid, the synchroscope, and the
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generator and grid frequency.
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<img src="/static/image/fast_nuclear_sim_containment_building.png" alt="Fast Nuclear Sim containment building" />
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This is the containment building of the nuclear power plant.
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This room is currently very incomplete, as I was much more focused on core mechanics in the control room.
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<h2>Links</h2>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/jsrobson10/fast-nuclear-sim" target="_blank">Fast Nuclear Sim (GitHub)</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/jsrobson10/nuclear-sim" target="_blank">Nuclear Sim (Old, GitHub)</a></li>
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</ul>
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