Securing and Simulating Nuclear Technology: Secure Web-Based Architecture and Physics- Based Simulation in 'RTG Reality' for Public Science Advocacy

Abstract

Many public misconceptions get in the way of implementing peaceful nuclear technologies and efforts to promote space exploration missions. The research team of Al-Saeed University, Taiz, Yemen, designed an interactive Web-based scientific simulation, RTG Reality, that aims to compensate for these cognitive shortcomings by providing the design and mathematics of the simulation along with the security protocols needed for its implementation. Application was awarded the first prize among the Yemeni universities and was acknowledged at the Asian level in the 2026 "Myth Smashers: Nuclear Science App Challenge", organized by the Asian Network for Education in Nuclear Technology (ANENT) and the International Nuclear Science and Technology Academy (INSTA) under the IAEA auspices. The simulation successfully converts complex concepts of thermodynamics, radioisotopic decay and complex safety containment issues of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) into a high fidelity interactive framework. The platform, designed with a secure-by-design cybersecurity approach, utilizes static site generation, an isolation of client-side deterministic state-machines, and strict input validation to provide the integrity of telemetry and prevent compromise of educational infrastructure from cyber threats. RTG Reality provides a proven and safe approach to nuclear education and public engagement through a stringent physics-based telemetry model along with an integration of historical accidents telemetry.