Talk:Reactor Rod/@comment-28918747-20171019235851/@comment-35245756-20190104150509

The nuclear reactor should be your last backup, in case you forget to refill the bioreactors and its night time and the thermal isn't supplying enough. I got my base set up like this:

First - 8 solar panels Secondary - 3 Thermal plants Tertiary - 3 Bioreactors (with one full locker of oculus per reactor in reserve) Quaternary - Nuclear reactor (with 8 cores in reserve)

Base:

4 spot lights, 2 flood lights, scanner room with full range, 2 moonpools (moth + prawn), a 5 story containment tower (oculus farm), a 3 story containment tower (predators in containment and separate fishtanks), 4 power cell chargers, 2 battery chargers, fabricator, 2 water purifiers, vehicle upgrade station, modification station and a whole bunch of lockers and farming equipment. + the energy sources I mentioned

This powers everything during the day without going into the bioreactors and powers everything during the night without going into the nuclear reactors, when I'm not in my base. When I'm in my base and using a lot of things, especially the battery + power cell chargers, the energy requirements sometimes bleed into my nuclear reactor.