The Powder Toy

Nuclear Pile by Nebulus by SentinelDuality

SentinelDuality
SentinelDuality
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27th May 2021
15th Jul 2021
An educational look at a nuclear pile. Piles weren't often created to generate power, being instead used for nuclear experimentation and for fabricating plutonium. Now with toggles for more interactivity.
nebulus chemistry nuclear reactor pile science demonstration

Comments

  • nobodyagain
    nobodyagain     10th Dec 2023
    ok there is actually only one problem that is VERY unlikely to cause a problem. i tested this by setting the temp of the ttan to 3000C to blow it all off and the wires for the coolant flow made two 1px holes. soution: two px of crmc on the wires. it will shutdown even if the pressure setting is at its highest.
  • nobodyagain
    nobodyagain     10th Dec 2023
    it actually stabilizes with the 10 pressure valve at 1420C
  • nobodyagain
    nobodyagain     10th Dec 2023
    it stabilizes at 296-298C
  • nobodyagain
    nobodyagain     9th Dec 2023
    atomic piles are like how pulse jets are to turbojets; simple, can use almost any fuel, and cheap to make. +1
  • SentinelDuality
    SentinelDuality     10th Jul 2021
    and since i forgot to say: the reactor can now run continuously without melting! it's been a long time coming, but if it's kickstarted at pres. 10 and operated at 5, it'll level at around 300-400 :]
  • SentinelDuality
    SentinelDuality     8th Jul 2021
    cool patch note: fixed pressure leak in the pressuriser, should just about pressurise properly now
  • SentinelDuality
    SentinelDuality     3rd Jun 2021
    RandomWatermelon1: the pressure bit pressurises the reactor, it's meant to run at about ~5 but i included the 10 just as a kickstarter
  • RandomWatermelon1
    RandomWatermelon1     3rd Jun 2021
    i went afk and forgot i had this running and when i came back it was around 1000C and it melted a bit of the open and close-able pipe lol. also what does the pressure thing at the top of the pipe that takes the glow up do?
  • SentinelDuality
    SentinelDuality     2nd Jun 2021
    NoraCodes: i tried my best! it is a shame that it's so difficult to properly demonstrate stuff like uranium isotopes and fission by neutrons, but hey, you work with what you have i suppose
  • NoraCodes
    NoraCodes     2nd Jun 2021
    This is a super neat save, thanks! It's interesting to me how TPT nuclear physics is, frankly, awful, but manages to get the idea across anyway.