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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! [https://ftb.fandom.com/wiki/IC2_Nuclear_Control Nuclear Control 2] is in the pack allowing various automation and information to be done.
There are in general two types of reactors, '''power producing''' and '''breeder''' (for the items/rods). For the power ones, you want the greatest efficiency (fewer rods, more power).
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 planner for more details (make sure to grab 2.4.2+). 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. Keep in mind that while quad thorium and dual uranium have the same heat levels, this is not true when placed next to other rods.
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For the power producing types, there are a couple types:
For the power producing types, there are a couple types:
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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]
There are several fuel types:
There are several fuel types:
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'''The Core''' is made with naquadah and tiberium. Only use it with coolant cells!
For breeder reactors, there are two types:
'''Rod Breeder Reactors''' produce very little EU but instead transform a Breeder Rod into a different resource. Each reactor tick, all breeding targets get charged by the number of active rods they are next to. The best fuel rods for these reactors are Thorium because they generate the least amount of heat. Using a hotter fuel rod will produce more EU, but won't speed up the breeding process at all.
'''Item Breeder Reactors''' focus on consuming fuel rods as fast as possible to generate resources obtained from centrifuging depleted cells.
There are several breeding target rods:
'''Lithium''' breeder rods are used to make tritium.
'''Glowstone''' breeder rods are used to make sunnarium.
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=== Sample Rod Breeder Reactors ===
90 EU, 9-9 Single Rod
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Reactor planner does not yet have glowstone/Lithium cells. This design will give 27 breeding ticks per reactor tick. This means a set of 9 thorium rods should charge 135 (27 * 5) target rods in total.
Component list:
9 Fuel Rod (Thorium)
9 Fuel Rod (Breeding Target)
6 Overclocked Heat Vent
6 Advanced Heat Vent
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=== Sample Item Breeder Reactors ===
====Single Rod Breeders====
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