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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 [[vehicle]]s.
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The '''uranium fuel cell''' can be burned in a [[nuclear reactor]] to produce heat. As it is a nuclear fuel source, is treated differently from other types of [[fuel]] and cannot be used in other burner devices or in [[vehicles]].
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]].
 
== History ==
 
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* Introduced}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Nuclear power]]
* [[Power production#Nuclear power|Nuclear power]]
** [[Uranium ore]]
* [[Uranium-235]]


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Latest revision as of 03:15, 3 October 2025

Uranium fuel cell

Recipe

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Total raw

10
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19

Stack size

50

Rocket capacity

10 (0.2 stacks)

Fuel value

8 GJ (burner)

Prototype type

item

Internal name

uranium-fuel-cell

Required technologies

Produced by

Consumed by

Used as fuel by

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.

History

See also