Mankind inhabits this earth subject to geological consent-which can be withdrawn at any time. It knows the people are a tide that swells and in time will ebb, and all their works dissove. Now the spoiler has come: does it care? Not faintly. Simply move your mouse over the dial or switch in question and help will appear on the system display. If you are unsure of what a switch or light means, the simulation has mouseover help. After you see the reaction that the system makes to your changes, you should decide whether to change the settings or to leave them as they are. After making your selections on these variables, you will click on Go, which will step all other variables forward one day in time. In the simulation, you will be able to change each of these variables once per day. This simulation was written by Geoffrey Noles and has been checked out by nuclear engineers for realism. If the power production gets too high, you risk having an accident, which is even worse for business. If the power production gets too low, the local citizens will experience brownouts or blackouts, which is bad for business.
The objective of the simulation is to run the power plant so that your power production remains high (above 10,000 kilowatts) throughout the life cycle of the fuel rods. However, we can give you a feeling for some aspects of running a plant with a simple simulation of a nuclear power plant. It would be impossible to replicate this experience without actually getting you a job at your local nuclear power plant. It requires many people, and many thousands of hours of training.
The process of running a nuclear power plant is very complicated. The website for the Environmental Science Activities for the 21 st Century (ESA21) Project features activities that seek to engage individuals about environmental issues through investigating their impact on the environment.