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1 Nuclear Physics 101
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1.1 Step 1: Finding Uranium Ore
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1.2 Step 2: My First Reactor(tm)
April Fool 2012
1.3 Step 3: Finding Your 3-Mile Island
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Banners 1.4 Step 4: Cooling
Achievements 1.5 Step 5: The Green Glow
1.6 Step 6: Cells of Plenty
Tools
1.7 Step 7: The Soothing Hum of Power
What links here
1.8 Step 8: Holy Fukushima! (with apologies to the easily offended!)
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Page information Nuclear Physics 101
tutorials Welcome, to the Industrial Craft School of Nuclear-arity!
First Steps Here, we shall give some tips and tricks to avoid turning your shiny new home into a melted slag heap!
Wiring
Nuclear Power Step 1: Finding Uranium Ore
There is no easy way to find Uranium Ore short of mining, mining, mining. It appears randomly
in very small veins, and has been seen on the surface at sea level. It also appears rarely in the
walls of caverns. It must be mined with an Iron or better Pickaxe.

Step 2: My First Reactor(tm)


The Chernobyl-2 Nuclear Reactor is expensive to build, relying as it does on hard-to-obtain
elements like Glowstone and Dense Lead Plates. Don't expect to build one in your first week.

If you think you have the material to make one, then let's do it!

Advanced materials you will need:

1 Advanced Circuit
1 Generator
3 Reactor Chambers

Wait... what? Reactor chambers? What on Earth? It's the core of the nuclear reactor, containing all your precious reactor
components and fuel. Well, hopefully containing it... more on that later.

First you'll need 12 Lead Plates for the Reactor Chambers.


You can then use these to build your 3 Reactor Chambers:

Almost there!

Note: You have to Compress 9 Lead at once.

Using the Generator, Advanced Circuit, some Dense Lead Plates and your new Reactor Chambers, craft the wonder that is the
Chernobyl-2 Nuclear Reactor:

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Congratulations! World Domination is a step closer to reality!

Step 3: Finding Your 3-Mile Island


Siting your Nuclear Reactor is crucial! Proximity and Containment is key here.

These two considerations are interdependent- heavily shielding a reactor with carefully placed Reinforced Stone means it can be
safely sited quite close to your precious mansion/fortress/hobbithole; whereas an unshielded reactor should be sited far, far away
from anything and everything you hold dear.

Step 4: Cooling
Cooling is absolutely vital.
You will need to build and install components into the reactor to keep it cool; an overheating reactor
will ruin your day. See the Nuclear Reactor page for a complete breakdown of heating and cooling in nuclear systems.

Step 5: The Green Glow


At this point, you should have a complete reactor, ideally situated inside a reinforced stone tank of water. No time for
congratulations, though... we need fuel for the beast! Raw Uranium ore simply will not do, so it's time for:

Step 6: Cells of Plenty


So, how to we process Uranium, you ask? Easy!
You have to Centrifuge it into Tiny Piles of Uranium 235 and Uranium 238 and
mix those in a crafting table to create Enriched Uranium. Put that in a Canning Machine with a Fuel Rod (Empty) to get a Fuel
Rod (Uranium).

Canning Machine
Thermal Centrifuge

These are suitable for use in the Chernobyl-2 Reactor, each capable of outputting incredible amounts of power!

Step 7: The Soothing Hum of Power


Reactors are capable of outputting considerable power: each Uranium Cell will output 5 EU/tick, meaning that high-output
Reactors need high-level infrastructure to avoid machinery damage: HV_Transformers, MFS Units and Glass Fibre Cables are a
common sight in a nuclear installation. Uranium Cells also have a considerable lifespan: each can produce between 2,000,000 to
14,000,000 EU!

Step 8: Holy Fukushima! (with apologies to the easily offended!)


If the proper precautions are taken, a Nuclear plant is as safe as a solar panel.

When things do go wrong though - they go wrong in spectacular fashion. The resultant blast of an overheated reactor will level
everything in a ~30 block radius that isn't Reinforced or Obsidian. Thankfully a Reinforced Door still provides protection even
when open, but be careful of siting anything in line with the power cable output from the containment vessel, as this is the one
weak point in any nuclear plant.

Further Reading
Nuclear reactors are very valuable, have enormous energy-producing potential, and without a doubt have a steep learning curve.

A complete breakdown of how each reactor component works is available on the IC2 forum Here , or on the Nuclear Reactor
page of the wiki.

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