Game used to simulate disaster scenarios

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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