Fusion Reactor (NuclearCraft)

This page is for Fusion Reactors in NuclearCraft.

Fusion Reactors
A fusion reactor consists of a hollow 'ring' of Fusion Electromagnets centred around a Fusion Core. Two fuels are pumped into the core, reacted and new products are created which must be extracted. Some of the products may be used as fuel for other reactors. For example, Hydrogen fusion produces Deuterium which itself can be used as fuel in a fusion reactor. Fission reactors require pre-heating by pumping in an enormous amount of energy (RF, etc.) Further, the electromagnets that comprise the ring require a certain amount of power just to run. So you need to have a decent power infrastructure in place before you start on this project. Obviously, a NuclearCraft Fission Reactor is a great place to start!

Once the reactor reaches the ignition temperature of 8 MK (mega Kelvin), it will begin to fuse the two fuels together and fill the output tanks. If these tanks get full, the reactor will stall, so it is important to be extracting these products at all times.