GPU-Accelerated Model Reveals Details of Nuclear Fission

Originally published at: GPU-Accelerated Model Reveals Details of Nuclear Fission | NVIDIA Technical Blog

Scientists from University of Washington, Warsaw University of Technology in Poland, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, have developed a model that provides a detailed look at what happens during the last stages of the fission process. According to their research paper, nuclear fission has almost reached the venerable age of 80…