Nuclear Reactor SIM by PeteTimesSix(petetimessix.itch.io)

58 pointsby ofrzetavor 12 Monaten12 comments

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https://petetimessix.itch.io/nuclear-reactors

13 comments

_n_b_vor 12 Monaten

As a nuclear engineer, it's hard to use these kinds of intro tools without shouting things at your monitor. For this, it was the omission of xenon when discussing simulating reactor transients.

I get that it's meant to be overly simplified, and it's a neat idea that is probably helpful for communicating some key concepts.

ofrzetavor 12 Monaten

then give us better tools! :) Most of the sims require (at least?) registration with the IAEA: https://www.iaea.org/topics/nuclear-power-reactors/nuclear-r... (I want that Micro-Physics Nuclear Reactor Simulator)

Then there's this https://dalton-nrs.manchester.ac.uk/ but it's down for "maintenance" (a web site - can you imagine?!)

I found this interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hVaIjxMIM but people say it does no longer work on recent Windows version. Also I don't like to install random binaries from Mega or similar.

In the end a realistic reactor simulation would probably to complicated for the layman, anyway.

tiberiustengvor 12 Monaten

try Nucleares (on Steam), it's a heavily gamified one but does cover various important aspects, including Xenon poisoning. You can find some play videos on YouTube.

ethan_smithvor 12 Monaten

Xenon-135's huge neutron absorption cross-section and its buildup/decay dynamics create the "xenon poisoning" effect that makes power changes tricky and can even prevent reactor restart after shutdown - a critical aspect of real reactor operation.

mnw21camvor 12 Monaten

FWIW, Xenon was discussed, but it didn't go into enough detail about why Xenon matters and how it can create transients.

skeezyboyvor 12 Monaten

i thought it went in to sufficient depth

evanjrowleyvor 12 Monaten

There's also PCTRAN from Micro-simulation Technology: http://www.microsimtech.com/pctran/

You must provide an email adderss to download their simulators.

I haven't tried PCTRAN on Windows 11, but they definitley work on Windows 7 through 10.

bob1029vor 12 Monaten

> This webpage was reloaded because it was using significant memory

I like how my browser melts down before the reactor can.

mikerg87vor 12 Monaten

I had a lot of fun playing this as a kid:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram_(video_game)

HelloUsernamevor 12 Monaten

Not great, not terrible

maxbainesvor 12 Monaten

Reminds me of http://www.gamtech.com/oakflat.aspx loved blowing triggering SCRAM as a kid

foobarbecuevor 12 Monaten

Fun, and I learned something!

However, it crashed after a few mins with an alert popup saying "WebGL context lost, please reload the page"

seivanvor 12 Monaten