Uranium fuel cell: Difference between revisions

This article is about the fuel used by nuclear reactors. For the fuel used by burner devices, see nuclear fuel.

Uranium fuel cell

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10 + 10 + 1 + 19 → 10
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10 + 10 + 1 + 19
Stack size	50
Rocket capacity	10 (0.2 stacks)
Fuel value	8 GJ (burner)
Prototype type	item
Internal name	uranium-fuel-cell
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The uranium fuel cell is a fuel used exclusively by the nuclear reactor to produce heat. It cannot be used in other burner devices or vehicles.

Unlike boilers, a nuclear reactor will continue to burn fuel regardless of heat consumption. A uranium fuel cells burns for 200 seconds.

Rather than completely consuming fuel, burning a uranium fuel cell results in a depleted uranium fuel cell, which can be reprocessed in a centrifuge to recover some uranium-238.

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-The '''uranium fuel cell''' can be burned in a [[nuclear reactor]] to produce heat, resulting in a [[used up uranium fuel cell]].  As fuel cells are a nuclear fuel source, they treated differently from other types of [[fuel]] and cannot be used in other burner devices or in [[vehicle]]s.
+{{About|the fuel used by nuclear reactors|the fuel used by burner devices|nuclear fuel}}
+{{:Infobox:Uranium fuel cell}}
+The '''uranium fuel cell''' is a [[fuel]] used exclusively by the [[nuclear reactor]] to produce heat. It cannot be used in other burner devices or [[vehicle]]s.
-A fuel cell can run a single [[nuclear reactor]] for 200 seconds. Unlike with steam power, a uranium fuel cell will continue to burn no matter the power draw, so any heat energy not consumed is wasted.
+Unlike [[boiler]]s, a nuclear reactor will continue to burn fuel regardless of heat consumption. A uranium fuel cells burns for 200 seconds.
+Rather than completely consuming fuel, burning a uranium fuel cell results in a [[depleted uranium fuel cell]], which can be [[nuclear fuel reprocessing|reprocessed]] in a [[centrifuge]] to recover some [[uranium-238]].
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