Encased Plutonium Cell

Encased Plutonium Cell
Plutonium Cells are concrete encased Plutonium Pellets. Used to produce Plutonium Fuel Rods for Nuclear Power production. Caution: Moderately Radioactive.
Unlocked by	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Class name	Desc_PlutoniumCell_C
Item
Stack size	200
Radioactive	120

The Encased Plutonium Cell is an intermediate component of Uranium Waste reprocessing. Its alternate recipe is one of the few recipes crafted using the Particle Accelerator.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Encased Plutonium Cell	2 × Plutonium Pellet10 / min 4 × Concrete20 / min	Assembler 12 sec Craft Bench  × 3	1 × Encased Plutonium Cell5 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Instant Plutonium Cell Alternate	150 × Non-fissile Uranium75 / min 20 × Aluminum Casing10 / min	Particle Accelerator 120 sec 250 - 750 MW	20 × Encased Plutonium Cell10 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Encased Plutonium Cell / second, or 60 / min:

Recipe	Iron Ore /min (WP)	Copper Ore /min (WP)	Limestone /min (WP)	Raw Quartz /min (WP)	Sulfur /min (WP)	Crude Oil m3/min (WP)	Bauxite /min (WP)	Nitrogen Gas m3/min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts	Nuclear Waste/min
Default	32.31 (4.59)	-	502.86 (95.13)	85.71 (81.63)	120 (175.44)	-	-	480 (400)	756.79	3752.58	7823	39.94	400
Instant	36.35 (5.16)	16 (5.54)	160.72 (30.40)	96.43 (91.84)	135 (197.37)	8 (6.84)	80 (81.80)	540 (450)	868.95	3912.46	6832	33.79	337.5

• Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
• Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
  • As Uranium Waste is a by-product of power generation, it is assigned with 0 energy.
• Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
• Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. Exception is mentioned below:
  • Non-fissile Uranium#Alternate recipes analysis - Default
  • Concrete#Alternate recipes analysis - Wet Concrete
  • Aluminum Casing#Alternate recipes analysis
• Although the Instant Plutonium Cell recipe use more raw resources, it is necessary to max out Uranium-Plutonium production, as it costs less Nuclear Waste per Cell.
  • If the purpose to produce Plutonium Fuel Rod is to get rid of Uranium Waste, then it is advised to choose the default recipe.

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Plutonium Fuel Rod	30 × Encased Plutonium Cell7.5 / min 18 × Steel Beam4.5 / min 6 × Electromagnetic Control Rod1.5 / min 10 × Heat Sink2.5 / min	Manufacturer 240 sec	1 × Plutonium Fuel Rod0.25 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Plutonium Fuel Unit Alternate	20 × Encased Plutonium Cell10 / min 1 × Pressure Conversion Cube0.5 / min	Assembler 120 sec	1 × Plutonium Fuel Rod0.5 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment

AWESOME Sink

 Encased Plutonium Cell cannot be sunk into the AWESOME Sink and will clog the input.

History

• Patch 0.4.0.11:
  • Instant Plutonium Cell:
    • No longer uses Nitrogen Gas
    • Changed Aluminum Casing cost from 50 to 20
• Patch 0.4.0.8:
  • Default recipe:
    • Doubled production time
    • Changed Plutonium Pellet cost from 1 to 2
    • Changed Concrete cost from 2 to 4
  • Alternate: Instant Plutonium Cell:
    • Changed recipe craft time from 60 to 120 seconds
    • Changed Non-fissile Uranium cost from 75 to 150
    • Changed Aluminum Casing cost from 25 to 50
    • Changed Nitrogen Gas cost from 25 to 20
    • Changed Encased Plutonium Cell product from 25 to 20
  • Radioactivity doubled (60->120) due to above reason
• Patch 0.4.0.0: Introduced