KEPO


Kovarex Enrichment Process Overhaul. A slightly more realistic nuclear fuel cycle from uranium ore to atomic warhead. Implements Plutonium-239 in the nuclear fuel cycle by using Breeder Fuel Cells in Nuclear Reactors to consume Uranium-238 and produce fissile material in the form of Plutonium-239. Adds Plutonium-239 recipes for existing products requiring fissile material: Nuclear Fuel Cells, Nuclear Fuel, and Nuclear Missiles. There are other (primarily fuel production related) changes. See forum page for details.

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a Mod Details/Overview

3 years ago
(updated 3 years ago)

Additions:

New organizational subgroup for fuel items

New organizational subgroup for fuel recipes

Items:

---Plutonium-239 (Basically the same function as Uranium-235)
---Nuclear Fuel Cell (Exactly the same item as the vanilla Uranium Fuel Cell)
---Nuclear Fuel Cell Irradiated (Exactly the same item as the vanilla Used-up Uranium Fuel Cell)
---Breeder Nuclear Fuel Cell (A fuel cell that cycles faster yielding less energy than the Nuclear Fuel Cell)
---Breeder Nuclear Fuel Cell Irradiated (Reprocessing this yields Plutonium-239 and Uranium-238. This is how production of fissile material is accomplished in KEPO.)

Recipes:

---Nuclear Fuel Cell (using uranium 235)
---Nuclear Fuel Cell (using plutonium 239)
---Breeder Nuclear Fuel Cell (using uranium 235)
---Breeder Nuclear Fuel Cell (using plutonium 239)
---Breeder Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
---Nuclear Fuel (using plutonium 239)
---Atomic Bomb (using plutonium 239)

Technologies:

---Uranium Processing KEPO (Does not include a recipe for crafting Nuclear Fuel Cells like vanilla does)
---Uranium Ammo KEPO (Exactly the same as vanilla)
---Nuclear Power KEPO (Unlocks all of the same recipes as vanilla with the addition of Nuclear Fuel Cells (using U235))
---The Following 3 technologies [Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing KEPO, Kovarex Enrichement Process KEPO, and Nuclear Fuel]:
-----Serve the same function as the 2 original technologies: Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Kovarex Enrichement Process
-----Cost less science packs in total (200 + 550 + 550 = 1,300 KEPO vs 50 + 1,500 = 1,550 vannila)
-----Are a convoluted way to make fissile material production research easier to attain while maintaining a similar overall cost
---Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing KEPO (Science pack cost adjustments. Otherwise exact same as vanilla)
---Kovarex Enrichement Process KEPO (Science pack cost adjustments. Unlocks items/recipes to complete the inclusion of Plutonium-239 in the nuclear fuel cycle. Recipes Unlocked: Nuclear Fuel Cell (using P239), Breeder Nuclear Fuel Cells (U235 and P239), Breeder Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing)
---Nuclear Fuel is a new technology exclusively to unlock recipes for Nuclear Fuel (one using U235 and another using P239). (This is why adjustments to Science Pack costs were made with Nuclear Power and Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing)
---Atomic Bomb KEPO (Unlocks recipes for Atomic Bomb (one using U235 and another using P239))

Modifications:

Items:

---Recategorized Uranium-238 into the raw-material subgroup
---Recategorized Uranium-235 into the raw-material subgroup
---Recategorized Solid Fuel into the new kepo-fuel-item subgroup
---Recategorized Rocket Fuel into the new kepo-fuel-item subgroup
---Recategorized Nuclear Fuel into the new kepo-fuel-item subgroup

Recipes:

---Removed Uranium Fuel Cell
---Removed Kovarex Enrichment Process
---Recategorized Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing into the raw-material subgroup
---Recategorized Rocket Fuel into the new kepo-fuel-recipe subgroup
---Recategorized Nuclear Fuel into the new kepo-fuel-recipe subgroup
---Nuclear Fuel is now crafted in Assembling Machines (instead of the Centrifuge)
---Nuclear Fuel can use Productivity Modules (Why wasn't this a thing before?)
---Nuclear Fuel Cells (and Breeder Nuclear Fuel Cells) now require steel plates instead of iron plates
---Nuclear Fuel Cells (and Breeder Nuclear Fuel Cells) can no longer be hand crafted (why should they be?)

Technologies:

---Removed and replaced all original technologies relating to nuclear/uranium recipes/items: Uranium Processing, Uranium Ammo, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing, Kovarex Enrichment Process, Atomic Bomb

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