Reactor Remote Control Block
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As its name implies, this machine is used to remotely control a Research Reactor. It allows you to automatically control the control rods to your liking. Its GUI is very similar to the RBMK Automatic Control Rods.
Crafting
The Remote Control Block itself:
The Reactor Sensor:
Usage
- Right-click on a functioning reactor with a Reactor Remote Sensor, then insert it in the slot.
- The block will display 3 numbers, those being:
- Left: The current extension of the control rods;
- Middle: The current flux outputted by the reactor;
- Right: The current core temperature.
- You can also input values to automatically control the control rods; the blue buttons at the bottom allow you to set a minimum and maximum temperature, while the yellow buttons allow you to set the control rod levels at minimum and maximum temperature (confusingly, the light brown field is minimum rod withdrawal and dark is max while the light blue field is max temp and dark blue min). When saved with the save button at the bottom, the rods will move to match the reactor temperature on the graph. The control rods will never go outside of the limits you set, even if the temperature goes beyond the limits.
- The graphs at the very left allows you to set how the rods move in between the minimum and maximum temperatures. There are 3 functions, those being:
- Linear
- Exponential
- Logarithmic
- The block will emit a vanilla comparator signal proportional to the reactor's temperature. You can use this to setup a redstone circuit to do various things depending on the temperature of the reactor, such as activating alarms for depleted fuel or high temperatures.
- If properly configured, a remote control block makes a reactor very safe to operate as it will react quickly to arrest the reaction if it heats up too much.
- These blocks can also be used to maintain a constant neutron rate for breeding. In a manually controlled reactor, once a fuel plate is depleted it will reduce reactivity and require manual adjustment to maintain the same neutron rate.
Trivia
- For some idiotic reason, the Reactor Remote Control Block is not available in the creative menu, it can however be crafted.