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Available as soon as you've reached the Moon (late HV-early EV, or just get some titanium from aluminum gravel), 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 reactor in creative first!
There are in general two types of reactors, '''power producing''' and '''breeder''' (for the items). For the power ones, you want the greatest efficiency (fewer rods, more power) and for breeders, you just want to consume as many rods as you can as fast as possible. Stacking also comes into play for large numbers, since they are not conveniently designed for that normally.
For items, you can look at this handy chart. Note that some items were excluded (for example getting thorium back from thorium rods). Note that the EU and Heat #s are for single rods (EU is /t, heat is /s as they only outputs each second), and that the EU should be multiplied by 10 for the actual amount per tick. See the updated planner for more details (Discord only for now). Any rod that has the same heat values is equivalent in a planner design, and anything that produces less heat can also be substituted, unless it's a MOX-type design.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! EU/t !! Heat Produced/s !! Durability !! Produces !! Produces (single only)
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| Thorium || 10/20/30/40/50 || 1/3/8/10/15 || 50000 || Lutetium || Th-232, Krypton
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| Uranium || 50/100/150/200/250 || 4/12/24/40/60 || 20000 || Plutonium (IC2) || Pu-239, Krypton
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| MOX || 50/100/150/200/250 || 4/12/24/40/60 || 10000 || Plutonium (IC2) || Pu-239, Pu-241, Krypton
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| Naquadah || 50/100/150/200/250 || 4/12/24/40/60 || 100000 || Naquadria || N/A
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| Naquadria || 50/100/150/200/250 || 4/12/24/40/60 || 100000 || - || N/A
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| Tiberium || 50/100/150/200/250 || 2/6/12/20/30 || 50000 || Zirconium, Xenon || N/A
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| The Core || 108800 || 19584 || 100000 || Zirconium, Naquadria|| N/A
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| Lithium || 0 || 0 || 10000 || Tritium || N/A
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For the power producing types, there are a couple types:
'''EU reactors''' produce raw energy directly with a 50% penalty. Use cables to transform the power into the GT type.
'''Fluid reactors''' produce hot coolant. Use a [[Large Heat Exchanger]] to convert the Hot Coolant to HP
'''Vacuum reactors''' produce EU, but rely on cooling the cells in a vacuum freezer to keep it from exploding. See the [[Vacuum Reactors]] page to find out how to use them, and also redstone automation info.
'''Wrench reactors''' are a meme, you can read about them [https://gtnh.miraheze.org/wiki/Wrench_Cooled_IC2_Fission_Reactor here]
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'''Tiberium''' is made with tiberium. Get this from Ross128ba, the T5 planet.
'''The Core''' is made with naquadah and tiberium.
'''Lithium''' fuel rods are used to make tritium in an alternate way
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