It turns out that the "more CO2 = more warmer" model is hilariously simplified, and the real modelling gets into the weeds to put it mildly! There's a NASA database of the super-high-resolution absorption and emission spectra of every isotopic combination of every common molecule and ions, excited states, and more! It turns out that most of the forcing is determined by the behaviour of the upper atmosphere at high latitudes where the air is so thin that exotic excited states can persist for appreciable durations, and are made in large amounts by absorption of UV light. The "glancing angle" of the sunlight near the poles also means that even minor constituents participate in the exchange of IR radiation. Then, then, the simulation has to be run in many thin slices because air is so opaque to IR radiation that it bounces many times on the way up and down, and of course, the isotopic mixes (and excited fractions) are inconsistent between layers.
An insanely complex supercomputer model is required to come up with even a rough estimate of the actual warming.
Only those who try to maximize profits while skirting the risk of a revolt care whether global average temperature will be 1.2 or 1.8K above pre-industrial average in ten years. For the rest it's already too warm, the damage is already plainly visible.
We don't need better models to predict future warming; we dragged our feet long enough that we can now look at historic data to see where it's going.
I might have overstated a bit, but by 9th grade (15 year old) this is what was taught to us back then.
What you learned, was it more like:
1. "You need to slow down neutrons so they can react"
or 2. "Here's the graphs of how the neutron absorption and scattering cross sections vary with neutron temperature for H-1, H-2, H-3, Be-9, C-12, O-16, Fe-54, Fe-56, Fe-57, U-233, U-235, U-238, Pu-239, …"
If it was the former, you didn't learn "nuclear engineering".
(which is a simplification in itself, but that's best left until 2nd-3rd year in uni)
But for general understanding, .. there is stuff that slows neutrons. some is more effective, some less. There is also activation. It is why tanks and ifvs were lined with polyethylene or similar on the inside back in cold war - it had lots of hydrogen. But for controlling a power plant that is not enough - why?
and then we answer why.