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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

ComponentWhat it does
Heat Vent, Advanced Heat Vent, Reactor Heat Vent, Component Heat Vent, Overclocked Heat Ventdissipate heat
Heat Exchanger and variantsspread heat between neighbours and the hull
10k Coolant Cell, 30k Coolant Cell, 60k Coolant Cellstore heat
RSH-Condensator, LZH-Condensatordestroy heat until full; refill with redstone or lapis
Reactor Plating, Heat-Capacity Reactor Plating, Containment Reactor Platingraise the hull's maximum
Neutron Reflector, Thick Neutron Reflector, Iridium Neutron Reflectorbounce 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.