Nuclear fuel

Nuclear fuel

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Recipe
90 + 1 + 1 → 1
Total raw
90 + 1 + 1
Stack size	1
Rocket capacity	10 (10 stacks)
Fuel value	1.21 GJ (burner)
Vehicle acceleration	250% 295% 340% 385% 475%
Vehicle top speed	115% 119.5% 124% 128.5% 137.5%
Prototype type	item
Internal name	nuclear-fuel
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Nuclear fuel is a type of fuel. It has the highest energy density and vehicle bonuses of all the fuel types, providing an acceleration bonus of 250% (compared to rocket fuel's 180%). The vehicle speed bonus (115%) is the same as for rocket fuel.

Nuclear fuel is made from rocket fuel and uranium-235, one of each to produce one unit of nuclear fuel.

Compared to rocket fuel, nuclear fuel not only gives a higher acceleration bonus, but also gives more than twelve times the energy output (which compensates for the inability of nuclear fuel to be stacked; a single unit of nuclear fuel provides more energy than a stack of ten rocket fuel). As only one rocket fuel is required to manufacture nuclear fuel, this makes nuclear fuel an extremely efficient fuel source. However, it also produces more pollution, requires a long time to manufacture in addition to the manufacturing time for rocket fuel, and needs a steady supply of uranium-235, the rarest resource in the game.

Trivia

• The fuel value of 1.21 GJ is a reference to the Back to the Future franchise, in which the DeLorean uses a nuclear reaction to generate "1.21 Jigawatts" of electricity. Ironically, Emmett Brown specifically refutes the idea that the DeLorean uses nuclear fuel; the energy of the reaction powers the flux capacitor that allows time travel, and in Part III he specifies the DeLorean itself runs on ordinary gasoline.

History

• 0.17.0:
  • Relative fuel value of nuclear fuel doubled.

• 0.16.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Fuel