Plutonium Fuel Rod

Plutonium Fuel Rod
Used as fuel for Nuclear Power Plants. Caution: Produces radioactive Plutonium Waste when consumed. Caution: HIGHLY Radioactive.
Unlocked by	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Class name	Desc_PlutoniumFuelRod_C
Item
Stack size	50
Radioactive	250
Sink points	153,184
Fuel
Energy	1,500,000 MJ
Stack energy	75,000,000 MJ
Nuclear Power Plant 600 sec (0.1 / min)
Truck 20,000 sec (0.003 / min)
Tractor 27,272.72727 sec (0.0022 / min)
Explorer 16,666.66667 sec (0.0036 / min)
Cyber Wagon 10,000 sec (0.006 / min)

Plutonium Fuel Rods are a late-game fuel produced by reprocessing  Uranium Waste. They give off extremely strong radiation.

Burning Plutonium Fuel Rods in  Nuclear Power Plants produces  Plutonium Waste.

Alternatively, they can be used as vehicle fuel, without producing any Plutonium Waste.

Obtaining

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

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Plutonium Fuel Rod (burning)	1 × Plutonium Fuel Rod0.1 / min 2,400 × Water240 / min	Nuclear Power Plant 600 sec	10 × Plutonium Waste1 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment

AWESOME Sink

 Plutonium Fuel Rod can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 153,184 points.

Vehicle Fuel

Plutonium Fuel Rods can be loaded into the fuel tank of wheeled vehicles either manually by the Pioneer or automatically through a Truck Station. Caution should be used as the Plutonium Fuel Rods will still generate intense radiation in a Truck Station or while in a fuel tank waiting to be consumed. Once consumed by the vehicle, the radiation will cease.

Plutonium Fuel Rods last the longest out of any fuel in vehicles, providing hours of power with a single fuel rod.

Plutonium Fuel Rods can also be used to fuel Drones.

Tips

• Depending on the recipes used, Uranium Waste is converted to Plutonium Fuel Rods at a rate between 200:1 and 200:5.33. As 1 Plutonium Fuel Rod makes 10 Plutonium Waste, the Plutonium Waste will be between 5% and 26.67% of what the Uranium Waste was.
• Without Overclocking or using alternate recipes, one Manufacturer creating Plutonium Fuel Rods can use all the Uranium Waste of five Nuclear Power Plants with no Uranium Waste left over and constant Plutonium Fuel Rod production.
• Given the extremely long burn time and intense radiation it is not recommend to automatically refuel vehicles with Plutonium Fuel Rods. Automatic refueling will create intense radiation from the Plutonium Fuel Rods stored in the Truck Station performing the refueling, and it will create a moving intense radiation area from the vehicle loaded with fuel that could take hours, days, or weeks to consume.

Gallery

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  Production Line maximizing Uranium Waste used.

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  Production plan showing max amount of Plutonium Fuel Rods produceable per 100 Uranium Waste.

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  Stackable layout for producing Plutonium Fuel Rods. By Reddit user oldshavingfoam.

History

• Patch 0.4.0.8:
  • Halved Plutonium Waste output per minute (was 2 per generator, is now 1).
  • Energy value increased from 375,000 MJ to 1,500,000 MJ
  • Default recipe:
    • Changed recipe craft time from 120 to 240 seconds
    • Changed Encased Plutonium Cell cost from 15 to 30
    • Changed Steel Beam cost from 8 to 18
    • Changed Electromagnetic Control Rod cost from 3 to 6
    • Changed Heat Sink cost from 5 to 10
  • Alternate: Plutonium Fuel Unit:
    • Changed recipe craft time from 60 to 120 seconds
    • Changed Encased Plutonium Cell cost from 10 to 20
• Patch 0.4.0.0: Introduced

See also

•  Uranium Fuel Rod
• Power