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Available as soon as you've reached the Moon (late HV-early EV - unlock the Open Computers tab), nuclear reactors are a strong power source for EV and IV. The process of creating a reactor is quite complex and risks huge nuclear explosions. You are strongly advised to try all designs in a [https://github.com/MauveCloud/Ic2ExpReactorPlanner/releases reactor planner] before using them, and to encase your reactors in reinforced materials (2 layers minimum) or warded glass (thaumcraft) to prevent explosions from destroying the area. Test your preparations in creative first!
Documentation on reactors is rather spotty, you can
There are two types of reactors:
'''EU reactors''' produce raw energy directly with a 50% penalty. Use
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'''Wrench reactors''' are a meme, you can read about them [https://gtnh.miraheze.org/wiki/Wrench_Cooled_IC2_Fission_Reactor here]
'''Fluid reactors''' produce hot coolant. Use a [[Large Heat Exchanger]] to convert the Hot Coolant to HP steam and HP steam turbines/LP steam turbines to generate energy with very high efficiency. See the [[Fluid Reactor]] page for details.
Fuel types used are thorium, uranium, and MOX. Naquadah and naquadria rods are also available, acting like uranium and MOX rods, respectively, with longer lifetimes.
'''Thorium''' is the cheapest and easiest to obtain, obtainable in large quantities from coal ore or thorium ore found in the nether. It lasts a long time but doesn't make much power. You need to make these to get Lutetium for Americium later on.
'''Uranium''' is obtained at Mars'
'''MOX''' is obtained by mixing plutonium (from depleted uranium rods, centrifuging uranium dust, or ores on later planets) with uranium. It returns enough plutonium to sustain itself.
'''Naquadah''' and '''
'''Tiberium''' is made with tiberium. Who knows how it works?
'''The Core''' is made with naquadah and tiberium. It's probably good, right?
'''Lithium''' fuel rods are used to make tritium in an alternate way. They turn into tritium fuel rods instead of depleted ones.
=== Sample reactors ===
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