Americium-241
| Americium-241 | |
|---|---|
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| Main Information | |
| Category | Fissile |
| Radioactivity | 8.5 RAD/s |
| Gameplay Information | |
| Acquisition | Decay product |
| Difficulty | Hard |
Americium-241 is a rare radioisotope which is useful for some later game power generation devices such as recharging batteries and also serves as a powerful nuclear fuel. Can only be produced by the decay of plutonium-241 in RBMK nuclear reactors.
Production
Can be produced by processing short-lived plutonium-241 waste in a SILEX chamber with 25% of operations yielding one nugget, meaning that one piece of plutonium-241 waste will on average yield 2¼ nuggets of it.
Uses
- Crafting fuel for low and medium enriched Americium RBMK fuel rods as well as a highly enriched Americium RBMK fuel rod which splits with fast neutrons, rendering moderation unnecessary.
- Americium-241 pellet which will provide 20 thermal power to any applicable machine for 3,384,000,000 ticks if RTG decay is enabled.
- This is approximately equal to 5.5 IRL years given its stated in-game lifespan of 705 years, meaning that it will make 67,680,000,000 power in total over that time.
- Pellets decay into neptunium.
Trivia
- Am-241 is used in most ionization smoke detector designs.
Gallery
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RTG pellet, with an image of the continental USA stamped onto the top.
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Unused texture for a so-called "Tier 2" version of the RTG pellet, with an image of an AR-15 superimposed over the texture.
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Billet
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Nugget
External Links
- Americium-241 at Wikipedia
- Americium at Wikipedia