Nuclear Power Plant
The Nuclear Power Plant is a power generator building that generates power by burning 
Uranium Fuel Rods or 
Plutonium Fuel Rods, producing 
Uranium Waste or 
Plutonium Waste respectively.
One Nuclear Power Plant produces 2,500 MW at 100% clock speed.
Fuel energy values
At 100% clock speed, one Nuclear Power Plant consumes 240 m3 Water/min, no matter which type of fuel rod is used.
When overclocked, Nuclear Power Plants produces more power linearly. Therefore, at 250% clock speed, they operate 2.5 times as fast, for resource input, waste output, and power production.
Uranium Fuel Rod (750,000 MJ)
| Clock speed | Burn time (sec) | Rods/min | Waste/min | Waste per rod |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 300 | 0.2 | 10 | 50 |
| 250% | 120 | 0.5 | 25 | 50 |
Plutonium Fuel Rod (1,500,000 MJ)
| Clock speed | Burn time (sec) | Rods/min | Waste/min | Waste per rod |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 600 | 0.1 | 1 | 10 |
| 250% | 240 | 0.25 | 2.5 | 10 |
Fuel consumption
| Recipe | Ingredients | Duration | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plutonium Fuel Rod (burning) | 1 ×  Plutonium Fuel Rod0.1 / min2,400 ×  Water240 / min |
600 sec | 10 ×  Plutonium Waste1 / min |
Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment |
| Uranium Fuel Rod (burning) | 1 ×  Uranium Fuel Rod0.2 / min1,200 × Water240 / min |
300 sec | 50 ×  Uranium Waste10 / min |
Tier 8 - Nuclear Power |
Generators per Uranium node
A single normal Uranium node can support the following number of Nuclear Power Plants operating at peak capacity, without the use of alternate recipes:
| Miner | Uranium/min | Water Extractors | Water m3/min | Nuclear Power Plants | Total power |
Waste/min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mk.1 | 60 | 6 | 720 | 3 | 7 500 MW | 30 |
| Mk.2 | 120 | 12 | 1440 | 6 | 15 000 MW | 60 |
| Mk.3 | 240 | 24 | 2880 | 12 | 30 000 MW | 120 |
| Mk.3 @ 250% | 600 | 60 | 7200 | 30 | 75 000 MW | 300 |
Trivia
- The old version shown in its teaser video was an air-cooled design with a completely exposed core. The fuel rods were operated by a robotic arm, which could occasionally drop the fuel rod into the cooling liquid under the reactor. The belt input was located at the front and output at the back rather than right next to each other.
- Before its official implementation, it was revealed that the design of the Nuclear Reactor/Power Plant had been changed.[1]
- When building on foundations, it is possible to remove five foundations at the center of its footprint, and yet the Nuclear Power Plant can still be built on it without getting the 'Floor is too steep' warning, as long as each of its supports lands on a foundation.
- The Nuclear Power Plant has a faint steam animation rising from the top of its tower. This steam animation occurs when the Power Plant has fuel, and will even occur when the Power Plant has no water.
- The Nuclear Power Plant will show Cherenkov Radiation in form of a blue circle on Foundations upon which the Nuclear Power Plant is placed.
Gallery
The Nuclear Reactor as seen in the E3 trailer.
Inside of the reactor, showing robotic arm changing Nuclear Fuel (as seen in the teaser).
Update 7 - Cherenkov Radiation seen under Nuclear Power Plants
Outdated in U7. Two Nuclear Power Plants: Modular setup using five Water Extractors.
Outdated in U7. The plan of the module contained in 12 x 9.5 foundations. The colored contour represents the radiation spread.
Nuclear Power producing 125 GW.
History
- Patch 0.7.0.8: Reduced water consumption rate from 300 m3/min to 240 m3/min at 100% clock speed. Overclocking is now linear.
- Patch 0.6.0.2
- Fixed production VFX not being properly started for the Nuclear Generator
- Potentially fixed a crash for the Nuclear Generator particle effects
- Patch 0.4.0.11: Halved Uranium Waste output (from 20 to 10 per minute).
- Patch 0.4.0.8: Halved Plutonium Waste output per minute (was 2 per generator, is now 1).
- Patch 0.4.0.4: UI now properly shows waste output
- Patch 0.4.0.0:
- Added ability to produce power from Plutonium Fuel Rods, generating Plutonium Waste
- Quadrupled Uranium Waste output per Uranium Fuel Rod (from 25 to 100 per rod)
- Patch 0.3.1.0: Now actually requires Water to operate
- Patch 0.3:
Now requires Water to operate, appearance changed accordingly to include a Pipeline input - Patch 0.2.1.8: Tweaked LODs
- Patch 0.2.1.1: Now produces Waste over time instead of just spitting them all out after a Fuel Rod is consumed
- Patch 0.1.19: 'More work done on the Nuclear Power Plant'
- Patch 0.1.17: No longer encroaches Foundations
- Patch 0.1.16: Changed the mesh
- Patch 0.1.14: Made available
References
See also
Uranium Fuel Rod
Plutonium Fuel Rod
Biomass Burner
Coal Generator
Fuel Generator
Geothermal Generator
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