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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]].
 
== Electric power generation ==
 
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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! Ideal Ratio !! Simple Ratio !! Building
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| 25 || 1 ||{{imagelink|offshore-pump|Offshore pump}}
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| 291 || 12 || {{imagelink|Heat_exchanger|Heat exchanger}}
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| 500 || 20 || {{imagelink|Steam_turbine|Steam turbine}}
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== History ==
 
{{History|0.15.0|
* Introduced}}
 
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