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Nuclear power is an alternative setup for endgame power generation, trading a much more complex setup for increased energy density compared to conventional burner power. It might refer also to the [[Nuclear power (reasearch)|technology]], or the overal workings of extraction and processing of [[uranium-235]] and [[uranium-238]].


Nuclear power is an alternative setup for endgame power generation, trading a much more complex setup for increased energy density compared to conventional burner power. It was introduced in 0.15.0. It might refer to the researched technology, or the overal workings of extraction and processing of [[Uranium-235]] and [[Uranium-238]].
== Electric power generation ==


=== Technologies ===
In general, nuclear power is produced by mining [[uranium ore]], [[Uranium processing|processing]] it to [[uranium-235]] and [[uranium-238]] and creating [[uranium fuel cell]]s from the two. These fuel cells are then burned in a [[nuclear reactor]] to create heat. The heat can be used to convert [[water]] to [[steam]] using a [[heat exchanger]] and the steam can be consumed by [[steam turbine]]s to produce power. For more info, see [[Tutorial:Nuclear power]].
 
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! Technology !! Description
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| {{icontech|Nuclear_power_research||Nuclear power (research)}} [[Nuclear power (research)|Nuclear power]] || Allows the player to set up a basic facility to mine, process, and use uranium.
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| {{icontech|Atomic_bomb_research||Atomic bomb (research)}} [[Atomic bomb (research)|Atomic bomb]] || Allows the player to build atomic bombs, expensive but powerful area of effect rockets.
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| {{icontech|Uranium_ammo_research||Uranium ammo (research)}} [[Uranium ammo (research)|Uranium ammo]] || Allows the player to build uranium enhanced ammo.
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| {{icontech|Kovarex_enrichment_process_research||Kovarex enrichment process (research)}} [[Kovarex enrichment process (research)|Kovarex enrichment process]] || Allows the player to increase the [[uranium-235]] yields.
|-
| {{icontech|Nuclear_fuel_reprocessing_research||Nuclear fuel reprocessing (research)}} [[Nuclear fuel reprocessing (research)|Nuclear fuel reprocessing]] || Allows the player to recycle the [[Used up uranium fuel cell|used up uranium fuel cells]] back into [[uranium-238]].
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|}
 
=== Recipes ===
 
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!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|Nuclear_power_research||Nuclear power (research)}} [[Nuclear power (research)|Nuclear power]]:
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! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
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| {{imagelink|Uranium_processing|Uranium processing}} || {{icon|Uranium ore|10|Uranium ore}} {{icon|time icon|10|Time}} || {{icon|centrifuge||Centrifuge}} || {{icon|uranium-235|0.007|Uranium-235}} {{icon|uranium-238|0.993|Uranium-238}}
|-
| {{imagelink|Uranium_fuel_cell|Uranium fuel cell}} || {{icon|iron-plate|10|Uranium ore}} {{icon|uranium-235|1|Uranium-235}} {{icon|uranium-238|19|Uranium-238}} {{icon|time icon|10|Time}} || {{icon|hand||Manual crafting}} {{icon|assembling-machine-2||Assembling machine 2}} {{icon|assembling-machine-3||Assembling machine 3}} || {{icon|Uranium_fuel_cell|10|Uranium fuel cell}}
|-
|}
 
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|Kovarex_enrichment_process_research||Kovarex enrichment process (research)}} [[Kovarex enrichment process (research)|Kovarex enrichment process]]:
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! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
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| {{imagelink|Kovarex_enrichment_process|Kovarex enrichment process}} || {{icon|uranium-235|40|Uranium-235}} {{icon|uranium-238|5|Uranium-238}}{{icon|time icon|50|Time}} || {{icon|centrifuge||Centrifuge}} || {{icon|uranium-235|41|Uranium-235}} {{icon|uranium-238|2|Uranium-238}}
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|}
 
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|Nuclear_fuel_reprocessing_research||Nuclear fuel reprocessing (research)}} [[Nuclear fuel reprocessing (research)|Nuclear fuel reprocessing]]:
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! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
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| {{imagelink|Nuclear_fuel_reprocessing|Nuclear fuel reprocessing}} || {{icon|Used up uranium fuel cell|5|Used up uranium fuel cell}} {{icon|time icon|50|Time}} || {{icon|centrifuge||Centrifuge}} || {{icon|uranium-238|3|Uranium-238}}
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|}
 
=== Electric Power Generation ===


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| 500 || 20 || {{imagelink|Steam_turbine|Steam turbine}}
| 500 || 20 || {{imagelink|Steam_turbine|Steam turbine}}
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== History ==
{{History|0.15.0|
* Introduced}}


{{C|Nuclear power}}
{{C|Nuclear power}}

Revision as of 13:36, 22 August 2017

Nuclear power is an alternative setup for endgame power generation, trading a much more complex setup for increased energy density compared to conventional burner power. It might refer also to the technology, or the overal workings of extraction and processing of uranium-235 and uranium-238.

Electric power generation

In general, nuclear power is produced by mining uranium ore, processing it to uranium-235 and uranium-238 and creating uranium fuel cells from the two. These fuel cells are then burned in a nuclear reactor to create heat. The heat can be used to convert water to steam using a heat exchanger and the steam can be consumed by steam turbines to produce power. For more info, see Tutorial:Nuclear power.

Ideal Ratio Simple Ratio Building
25 1 Offshore pump
291 12
Heat exchanger.png
Heat exchanger
500 20
Steam turbine.png
Steam turbine

History