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Dual Fuel Rod (Uranium)

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They last 20,000 seconds (about 5 and a half hours); the tooltip shows their use and only rods with the same use stack. The reactor takes one per slot. A lone rod gives 5 EU/t and 4 hU per second. Each extra pulse from a neighbouring rod or a reflector adds 5 EU/t, and heat grows faster: 2·n·(n+1) hU with n pulses. The dual rod equals two rods side by side (20 EU/t, 24 hU) and the quad equals four (60 EU/t, 96 hU). Filled in the Canning Machine (Canning mode: enriched uranium fuel + empty rod). Depleted rods go to the Thermal Centrifuge: uranium 238, plutonium and iron dust.

Fuel rods

They produce the Nuclear Reactor's energy (and heat). One per slot.

How they produce

Each rod sends pulses to itself and to the rods (or reflectors) next to it. Each pulse it receives gives 5 EU/t, and heat grows faster than energy: 2 × n × (n + 1) hU per second with n pulses.

RodEqualsEnergy aloneHeat alone
Fuel Rod (Uranium)1 rod5 EU/t4 hU/s
Dual Fuel Rod (Uranium)2 rods together20 EU/t24 hU/s
Quad Fuel Rod (Uranium)4 rods together60 EU/t96 hU/s

Placing rods next to each other (or adding reflectors) adds pulses: more energy, but much more heat.

Uranium and MOX

FuelLastsPeculiarity
Uranium20,000 s (about five and a half hours)always produces the same
MOX10,000 sproduces more the hotter the hull: 5 EU/t × (1 + 4 × heat/max), up to 5 times near explosion

How they are made

  1. The Metal Former (extruding) makes the Fuel Rod (Empty) from an iron plate.
  2. The Fluid/Solid Canning Machine (Canning mode) fills it with Enriched Uranium Nuclear Fuel or MOX Nuclear Fuel.
  3. Two rods make a dual one and four a quad one.

Depleted

When they run out they become depleted: they are still radioactive. In the Thermal Centrifuge they give back uranium 238, plutonium and iron dust (MOX ones, plutonium). Plutonium and uranium 238 make MOX fuel.

Details

  • The tooltip shows current and maximum use, with a wear bar.
  • They only stack with rods of the same use.
  • They are radioactive: carry them wearing the full hazmat suit or a charged QuantumSuit.

Data

Lifetime20,000 s (5.6 h)
Fuel cells2

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