Nuclear reactor
Uranium
Uranium Ore generates in small veins (layers 0 to 64). It is processed like other metals and the
Thermal Centrifuge (at 3000 heat) gives
Uranium 238 and
Tiny Pile of Uranium 235. 6 uranium 238 and 3 tiny piles of 235 make
Enriched Uranium Nuclear Fuel.
Radiation: uranium, fuel and rods poison anyone carrying them without the full hazmat suit (
Scuba Helmet,
Hazmat Suit,
Hazmat Suit Leggings and
Rubber Boots). A charged QuantumSuit protects too.
Fuel rods
The
Metal Former (Extruding mode) makes the
Fuel Rod (Empty) and the
Fluid/Solid Canning Machine fills it:
Fuel Rod (Uranium). Two rods make a
Dual Fuel Rod (Uranium) and four a
Quad Fuel Rod (Uranium). Depleted rods give back uranium 238 and plutonium in the centrifuge.
MOX rods (
Fuel Rod (MOX)) use plutonium: they yield more the hotter the reactor is (up to 5 times) and last half as long.
The reactor
The
Nuclear Reactor turns on with redstone. It has 3 columns × 6 rows, and each adjacent
Reactor Chamber adds a column (up to 9 × 6). Every second:
- Each rod sends pulses to itself and its neighbours. Each pulse a rod receives gives 5 EU/t: a lone rod gives 5 EU/t, two side by side 20, a quad rod 60.
- Each rod makes heat based on the pulses it receives and passes it to neighbours that store heat; the rest goes to the hull.
- The hull holds 10,000 hU (more with plating). From 40% it sets fire around it, at 50% it evaporates water, at 70% it irradiates, at 85% it melts blocks and at 100% it explodes.
Energy leaves as a single packet: a reactor above 32 EU/t needs higher-voltage cables and machines.
Components
| Component | What it does |
|---|---|
Heat Vent, Advanced Heat Vent, Reactor Heat Vent, Component Heat Vent, Overclocked Heat Vent | dissipate heat |
Heat Exchanger and variants | spread heat between neighbours and the hull |
10k Coolant Cell, 30k Coolant Cell, 60k Coolant Cell | store heat |
RSH-Condensator, LZH-Condensator | destroy heat until full; refill with redstone or lapis |
Reactor Plating, Heat-Capacity Reactor Plating, Containment Reactor Plating | raise the hull's maximum |
Neutron Reflector, Thick Neutron Reflector, Iridium Neutron Reflector | bounce pulses back: more energy and more heat |
Fluid reactor
Enclosed in a 5 × 5 × 5 vessel (
Reactor Pressure Vessel, with
Reactor Access Hatch,
Reactor Fluid Port and
Reactor Redstone Port), the reactor no longer gives EU: it heats coolant. Hot coolant goes to a
Liquid Heat Exchanger, which turns it into heat for a boiler or a Stirling generator. Reactor vents no longer waste heat: they pass it to the coolant.
Coolant is made in the
Fluid/Solid Canning Machine (Enrich mode): water + lapis dust.
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