Nuclear Waste Disposal (Subnautica)

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Nuclear Waste Disposal
Category	Miscellaneous Items
Description	Used to dispose of nuclear waste.
Acquired From	Fragments
Fragments	1
Debug Spawn	labtrashcan
Fragments
Location	Wrecks Dunes Small Wrecks Grassy Plateaus Story Spoiler Degasi Seabases Deep Grand Reef

The Nuclear Waste Disposal is a Miscellaneous Item built with the Habitat Builder. Its Blueprint is acquired by scanning Nuclear Waste Disposals found among the wreckage in the Aurora and Wrecks. Only one scan is required to unlock the Blueprint.

It is functionally the same as a Trash Can, except the only thing that can be placed inside it is depleted Reactor Rods, which in turn cannot be placed in a regular Trash Can. Spent reactor rods can not be retrieved when placed in the Nuclear waste disposal.

It is only useful if the player has constructed a Nuclear Reactor, as it provides a means of disposing of spent rods. It is purely up to the player if they wish to build one, as there is no consequence for placing Depleted Reactor Rods in regular storage, though dropping them on the seabed will gradually increase lag.

Recipe

Gallery

A Nuclear Waste Disposal placed in a Seabase. This is the older "lab trash can" form with an open door at the front

A Nuclear Waste Disposal in a Wreck

Trivia

• Originally it was a functionless decoration called "Lab Trash Can," hence its debug spawn name and having a biohazard symbol rather than a radiation symbol. It was then renamed "Biohazard Trash Can" and given its current function, receiving its final name in mid-2017.