Nuclear science resources

Read an explanation, try a model, or work through a problem.

Review

Return to ideas from the investigations.

Single-isotope teaching model

Change the timescale, follow the decay curve, and check your understanding.

Conceptual diagram

Follow material, heat, and neutron behavior through a simplified reactor system.

Reactor state, shutdown, neutron interactions, and systems design.

Calculations, a prediction, and a reflection on the model’s limits.

Heat transfer, materials, feedback, and the limits of simple models.