Project 1: Gamma flux from a nuclear fuel

To the right, you can soon hopefully see a Java applet initilize and a lot of rays will begin to be drawn on a number of circles. This illustrates gamma rays that is traced within a nuclear fuel assembly, or more precise, the projection onto a plane of the rays that actually is traced in 3D.


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The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
"Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."

-- Isaac Asimov