Breeding Reactor
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Breeds isotopes of elements into heavier forms using the neutron flux of an adjacent Research Reactor.
When the reactor is operating, rays of green-ish "lightning" emitted from the center rod of the model can be seen going to the outer rods from the glass observation window.
Use
Put your desired isotope target for neutron flux bombardment in the left slot.
The reactor uses neutron flux to turn lighter elements into heavier ones. For example: Th-232 single rods need 500 flux in order to be transmuted into Thorium Fuel.
Compatible materials placed inside the reactor will undergo bombardment (if the flux requirements are met) and eventually turn into a heavier isotope or element. For example: U-235 + 300 flux -> Np-237 + 200 flux -> Pu-238 + 1000 flux -> Pu-239.
Sets of rods require more flux than single rods, however, quad rods only require a multiple of 3 of the single rod's flux level instead of 4, making them somewhat more efficient.
Recipes and Fuels
The breeding reactor's recipes are all related to each other in a sense of progression. Both below and in the flowchart all of the recipes are listed. For more information on the materials themselves, most of them can be found here: Category:Radioisotopes. The others can be manually searched if you wish.
| Input | Flux | Output | Recipe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorium-232 | 500 | Thorium Fuel |      50010001500   |
| Lithium | 200 | Tritium |    200400600   |
| Cobalt | 100 | Cobalt-60 |    100200300   |
| Radium-226 | 300 | Actinium-227 |    300600900   |
| Natural uranium | 200 | Reactor grade plutonium |    200400600   |
| Uranium-238 | 300 | Reactor grade plutonium |    300600900 |
| Reactor grade plutonium | 200 | Nuclear waste | 200400600   |
| Uranium-235 | 300 | Neptunium-237 |    300600900   |
| Neptunium-237 | 200 | Plutonium-238 | 200400600   |
| Plutonium-238 | 1000 | Plutonium-239 | 100020003000   |
Notes
- This machine is less of a reactor on its own, rather something to harness the neutron flux of a research reactor.