this blueprint can be used to build a efficient 4 or 8 nuclear Setup.
- you build it a first time to get a 4 reactor (480Gw with peak at 550Gw)
- you build it a second time after rotating it to 180° to get a full 8 reactor with 1.1Gw (it's symetrical). you keep the first setup, you just extend it.
features:
- full storage of power, don't waste fuel cell (stored in tank and pipe)
- visual indicator of production capacity (red = at capacity , orange = can handle peak, green = able to handle full consumption peak)
- stable production of electricity even at 20% of steam in the tank (at this point, the reactor will be running to replenish steam)
- robot based fuel cell management (insert the first fuel cell yourself)
- symmetrical
- alert if fuel cell is low
- consume one cell per reactor at a time
- one blueprint = 2 setup
- concrete to see where you can walk
- water input available from 3 sides (6 pump by setup required). input visible by refined concrete
- easy to maintains : roboport and radar, solar panel for blackout recovery
numbers:
for the 4 reactor setup:
- produce a least 480MW
- produce up to 550MW during 4m30s (100% steam to 40%)
- will slowly reduce power production to 480MW if steam tank is empty (40% steam to 20%)
- can be at 100% efficiency (normal 480MW for 4 reactor) even with low steam (17%)
for the 8 reactor setup:
- produce a steady 1.1 GJ
- no peak handling available, but you are welcome to add some tank and steam turbine if you like to handle peak
configuration and colors:
the lamp indicate the steam storage status. it's useful for the 4 reactor setup to indicate if you should build the 8 reactor setup or not:
- green : it's all good. you have enough storage to handle a peak of 550Gj (ie: massive roboport consumption)
- orange: your production can handle between 480Gj and 550Gj. if it's just after a peak, you're still good, but prepare to build the 8 reactor setup.
- red: your production can only handle 480GJ, and if you are there, it mean you just had a lasting peak since many minutes. you must build the mirror blueprint to ramp up to 8 reactor and the 1.1GJ it produce.
how to build it:
this is only one blueprint, to build 2 different setup:
- build the blueprint once, you got a 4 reactor setup