Eveything Narrative's Nuclear Tweaks for Nicer Ratios
Original mod by "everything-narrative" here.
This mod reduces the difficulty associated with nuclear power by making the numbers nice and round.
Summary of changes:
Nuclear Reactors
- Fuel is no longer wasted when at max temperature
- Energy output rate increased from 40 MW to 60 MW, so one 8 GJ fuel cell will last exactly 8000 ticks (133⅓ seconds)
- Neighbor bonus reduced to +50% (from +100%), meaning each interface between adjacent reactors counts as one additional reactor, rather than two.
Heat Exchangers
- Steam is produced at 515°C (exactly 500°C above ambient temperature) for an energy density of a round 10kJ per unit nuclear steam.
- Heat-to-steam rate increased from 10.3 MW to a round 12 MW, now producing 120 units of 515°C steam per second.
Steam Turbine
- Steam turbines convert 60 steam/second (unchanged) into 6 MW of power (up from 5.82 MW).
Vanilla heat interfaces (Reactor, heat pipe, heat exchanger, steam)
- Maximum temperature changed to 1015°C, exactly 1000°C above ambient temperature.
Ratios:
| Reactors | Heat Exchangers | Steam Turbines | Pumps | Power Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 10 | 0.05 | 60 MW |
| 2 | 15 | 30 | 0.15 | 180 MW |
| 3 | 25 | 50 | 0.25 | 300 MW |
| 4 | 40 | 80 | 0.4 | 480 MW |
| 6 | 65 | 130 | 0.65 | 780 MW |
| 8 | 90 | 180 | 0.9 | 1080 MW |
| (2 × n) + 4 | (25 × n) + 40 | (50 × n) + 80 | (0.25 × n) + 0.4 | (300 × n) + 480 MW |
Ratios cont... Ice Melting and Quality:
Quality mentioned in below legend applies to modules and beacons both.
- Chem: no modules, no beacons
- Chem+: Common: Prod-3, 1 beacon w/ Speed-3
- Chem Q5: Legendary: Prod-3, 1 beacon
- Chem Q5-2: Legendary: Prod-3, 2 beacons
- Chem Q5-8: Legendary: Prod-3, 8 beacon
| Reactors | Chem | Chem+ | Chem Q5 | Chem Q5-2 | Chem Q5-8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 (1.13) | 1 (0.252) | 1 (0.183) | 1 (0.1) |
| 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 15 | 6 (5.65) | 2 (1.26) | 1 (0.915) | 1 (0.5) |
| 4 | 24 | 10 (9.6) | ~2 (2.016) | 2 (1.464) | 1 (0.8) |
| 6 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | 54 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| (2 × n) + 4 | (15 × n) + 24 | (6 × n) + 10 | (2 × n) + ~2 | n + 2 | (0.5 x n) + 1 |