Nuclear Reactor (Below Zero)

The Nuclear Reactor processes Uraninite Crystal-based Reactor Rods into Energy for use by a Seabase. The Nuclear Reactor is constructed with the Habitat Builder, and can only be placed in the center of a Multipurpose Room or on a centerpiece in a Large Room. While operational, the Nuclear Reactor will continuously hum.

In mechanical terms, the Reactor Rods function as both the Reactor's fuel supply and its power storage: each Rod contains 20,000 energy, and adds 625 storage to the Reactor: thus, a Reactor with four Rods can store 2,500 energy. The storage capacity of the rods is filled on a one-at-a-time basis.

The Reactor operates at a fixed rate of 250 energy per minute (~4.166667 per second) regardless of how many Rods are inserted into it, thus filling one complete Rod of storage every 150 seconds and its entire storage capacity in 10 minutes.

Assuming a constant rate of energy drain, a Reactor Rod will last 80 minutes, but the Rods are only drained if power from the Reactor is being used. When power is being consumed at the base, the Nuclear Reactor's capacity will not drain until all other energy sources are depleted. Once the Reactor Rods are fully consumed, they will turn into Depleted Reactor Rods, at which point they can be removed from the Reactor: they otherwise cannot be removed once inserted. Depleted Reactor Rods can be discarded or stored like any other item, but cannot be deleted by a Trash Can: to permanently dispose of them, they must be placed in a Nuclear Waste Disposal.

Recipe
The blueprint for this module is acquired by scanning the Nuclear Reactor in Research Base Omega or the second segment of the Crashed Ship in the Lilypad Islands. It is crafted with the Habitat Builder.