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Nuclear fuel is a new type of [[fuel]] introduced in game version 0.16. It has the highest energy density and vehicle bonuses of all the fuel types, providing an acceleration bonus of 250% (compared to [[Rocket fuel|rocket fuel]]'s 180%). The vehicle speed bonus (15%) is the same as for rocket fuel.
Nuclear fuel is a type of [[fuel]]. It has the highest energy density and vehicle bonuses of all the fuel types, providing an acceleration modifier of 250% (compared to [[Rocket fuel|rocket fuel]]'s 180%). The vehicle top speed modifier (115%) is the same as for rocket fuel.


Nuclear fuel is made from rocket fuel and [[uranium-235]], one of each to produce one unit of nuclear fuel.
Nuclear fuel is made from rocket fuel and [[uranium-235]], one of each to produce one unit of nuclear fuel.


While nuclear fuel has 5.38 times the fuel value of rocket fuel in per-unit terms, it does not stack (i.e., stack size is 1), while rocket fuel stacks to 10, meaning that a full tank of rocket fuel will last nearly twice as long as a full tank of nuclear fuel. Also, for vehicles with a single-slot fuel inventory ([[car]] only), additional units must be held in the main inventory. (Although, as always, fuel units in the process of being burned do not show up in the fuel inventory, effectively giving room for a single spare in the car.)
Compared to rocket fuel, nuclear fuel not only gives a higher acceleration bonus, but also gives more than twelve times the energy output. This compensates for the inability of nuclear fuel to be stacked; a single unit of nuclear fuel provides more energy than a stack of ten rocket fuel.
 
== Trivia ==
* The fuel value of 1.21 GJ is a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' franchise, in which the DeLorean uses a nuclear reaction to generate "1.21 Jigawatts" of electricity. Ironically, Emmett Brown specifically refutes the idea that the DeLorean uses nuclear fuel; the energy of the reaction powers the flux capacitor that allows time travel, and in ''Part III'' he specifies the DeLorean itself runs on ordinary gasoline.


== History ==
== History ==
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* Relative fuel value of nuclear fuel doubled.}}


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Latest revision as of 08:55, 25 January 2022

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Nuclear fuel

Recipe

Time.png
90
+
Rocket fuel.png
1
+
Uranium-235.png
1
Nuclear fuel.png
1

Total raw

Time.png
90
+
Rocket fuel.png
1
+
Uranium-235.png
1

Stack size

1

Fuel value

1.21 GJ (burner)

Vehicle acceleration

250%

Vehicle top speed

115%

Prototype type

item

Internal name

nuclear-fuel

Required technologies

Kovarex enrichment process (research).png

Produced by

Centrifuge.png

Used as fuel by

Burner inserter.png
Burner mining drill.png
Boiler.png
Stone furnace.png
Steel furnace.png
Locomotive.png
Car.png
Tank.png

Nuclear fuel is a type of fuel. It has the highest energy density and vehicle bonuses of all the fuel types, providing an acceleration modifier of 250% (compared to rocket fuel's 180%). The vehicle top speed modifier (115%) is the same as for rocket fuel.

Nuclear fuel is made from rocket fuel and uranium-235, one of each to produce one unit of nuclear fuel.

Compared to rocket fuel, nuclear fuel not only gives a higher acceleration bonus, but also gives more than twelve times the energy output. This compensates for the inability of nuclear fuel to be stacked; a single unit of nuclear fuel provides more energy than a stack of ten rocket fuel.

Trivia

  • The fuel value of 1.21 GJ is a reference to the Back to the Future franchise, in which the DeLorean uses a nuclear reaction to generate "1.21 Jigawatts" of electricity. Ironically, Emmett Brown specifically refutes the idea that the DeLorean uses nuclear fuel; the energy of the reaction powers the flux capacitor that allows time travel, and in Part III he specifies the DeLorean itself runs on ordinary gasoline.

History

  • 0.17.0:
    • Relative fuel value of nuclear fuel doubled.

See also