Game used to simulate disaster scenarios
By Greg Kline
Sunday February 17, 2008
Robin Scholz
From left, University of Illinois senior Joel Dixon, Professor Rizwan Uddin and student Stefano Markidis show a computer simulation for training nuclear reactor workers, emergency personnel and others at the UI Nuclear Engineering Building in Urbana.
No plasma rifle or rocket launcher in this Unreal game, which is OK, because blowing up stuff around a nuclear reactor would be a bad idea, anyway.
University of Illinois Professor Rizwan Uddin and some of his students have turned the popular computer game Unreal Tournament into a simulation that could be used to help train nuclear plant workers, emergency responders and others.
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