Uranium Fuel Rod
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Uranium Fuel Rods are a late-game fuel used in Nuclear Power Plants, where they are turned into 
Uranium Waste in the burning process. They give off strong radiation.
Alternatively, they can be used as vehicle fuel, without producing any Uranium Waste.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Recipe | Ingredients | Produced in | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Fuel Rod | 50 ×  Encased Uranium Cell20 / min3 ×  Encased Industrial Beam1.2 / min5 ×  Electromagnetic Control Rod2 / min |
Manufacturer 150 sec |
1 ×  Uranium Fuel Rod0.4 / min |
Tier 8 - Nuclear Power |
| Uranium Fuel Unit Alternate |
100 × Encased Uranium Cell20 / min10 × Electromagnetic Control Rod2 / min3 ×  Crystal Oscillator0.6 / min6 ×  Beacon1.2 / min |
Manufacturer 300 sec |
3 × Uranium Fuel Rod0.6 / min |
Tier 8 - Nuclear Power OR MAM Quartz Research - Quartz Crystals |
Alternate recipes analysis
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Uranium Fuel Rod / second, or 60 / min:
| Recipe | Iron /min (WP) |
Copper /min (WP) |
Limestone /min (WP) |
Coal /min (WP) |
Caterium Ore /min (WP) |
Raw Quartz /min (WP) |
Sulfur /min (WP) |
Crude Oil m3/min (WP) |
Uranium /min (WP) |
Total WP | Total Energy /item (MJ) |
Space (m2) |
Building counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 2482.31 (352.70) |
3475 (1204.09) |
2597.14 (559.43) |
2610 (844.66) |
2875 (2604.17) |
964.29 (918.37) |
3750 (5482.46) |
- | 3750 (17857) |
29823.01 | 48456.43 | 313879 | 1703.43 |
| Unit | 2240 (318.27) |
2636.67 (913.61) |
1071.43 (202.69) |
900 (291.26) |
2116.67 (1917.27) |
1414.29 (1346.94) |
2500 (3654.97) |
140 (119.66) |
2500 (11904.8) |
20669.43 | 37974.36 | 248239 | 1338.11 |
- While the production rate is normalized at 60 / min for easier calculation, the maximum production rate is only 50.4 / min due to Uranium capped at 2100 / min.
- 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.
- The net energy for each Uranium Fuel Rod, after subtracting manufacturing energy and energy to supply Water to the Nuclear Power Plant, are written in green under the product.
- 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. See also:
Usage
Crafting
| Recipe | Ingredients | Produced in | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Fuel Rod (burning) | 1 × Uranium Fuel Rod0.2 / min1,200 ×  Water240 / min |
Nuclear Power Plant 300 sec |
50 ×  Uranium Waste10 / min |
Tier 8 - Nuclear Power |
AWESOME Sink
Trivia
- There are three normal purity Uranium nodes and one impure node. Each node with a Miner Mk.3, overclocked to 250% and using a Conveyor Belt Mk.5 can produce a total of 2100/min. Using the alternative recipes, it is possible to produce 50.4/min Uranium Fuel Rods. Since each rod burns for five minutes at full power consumption, the rods can thus sustain 252 Nuclear Power Plants, which combined will produce 630,000 MW (or 630 GW) of power.
- After subtracting the power used to run the system itself (44.5GW), the net power generated is about 585.5 GW. Cost of Miners and Extractors included. Cost of transportations such as Trains are not included.
- Uranium Fuel Rods cannot be crafted via the Craft Bench, likely due to the radiation.
See also
Gallery
Nuclear Fuel Rods inside the old model power plant.
The production plan of maximizing the Uranium and Plutonium Fuel Rods.
Stackable layout for producing Uranium Fuel Rods using alternate recipes. By Reddit user oldshavingfoam.
History
- Patch 0.4.0.0:
- Renamed from Nuclear Fuel Rod to Uranium Fuel Rod
- Recipe changed, now requires twice as many Encased Uranium Cells
- Radioactivity slightly reduced (60 → 50)
- Patch 0.1.14: Made officially available
Upcoming
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Upcoming content This article or section is about an item or feature that will be introduced to the game in a future update.
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In Version 1.0 the Uranium Fuel Unit Alternate Recipe will change to replace Beacon with 10 x Rotor at 2/min. The rest of the Alternate Recipe will remain the same.[1]
