Nuclear Reactor Setup

[Phantom329]

I have started using reactors for power and was wondering what is the advantage of using re-enriched uranium cells and what to actually do with them. I have heard something about a hot reactor, can someone give me a good reactor setup?

Also, if you want to know how to setup a non-EE ice cooled reactor, I can help.

[TheEisbaer]

Write me a PM with the setup pls!

[Mercalyn]

The most effective reactor setup is to have every single reactor cell(using 6 chambers) with a uranium cell, minus 7 slots at the bottom. Make sure the 2 uranium cells on the bottom row don't touch, or the power will exceed 2048(EV), the most an HV cable can hold. Those 7 centered slots on the bottom are for ice. I generally use EE, but apparently you found a good non-EE ice production.

The total output of this reactor is 2030EU, the allotted EU you can have without blowing up cables. For every 300EU/t production, you take 1 ice /t(20 ice / second). So this reactor setup effectively uses a little over 2 stacks of ice per second.

Re-enriched uranium cells come from a Breeder reactor. These are reactors designed to re-enrich uranium cells that are depleted. They don't output any EU, and should be kept at around 9000 temperature for max efficiency. You heat a reactor up by uranium cells, and stop them with thermal monitors connected to the reactor.

[Phantom329]

I'll have to try that, thanks.

Im not sure if your math is correct with the ice per second (i think you mean minute) but I used snow golems with block breakers under them to collect snowballs. Those went into compressors which fed into the reactor with the same internal setup. I used regulators to keep 7 stacks of ice and replace any depleted cells for max efficiency. Unfortunately my test world got corrupted so I did a small retest but lost my total control panel.

[Mercalyn]

I'll have to try that, thanks.

Im not sure if your math is correct with the ice per second (i think you mean minute) but I used snow golems with block breakers under them to collect snowballs. Those went into compressors which fed into the reactor with the same internal setup. I used regulators to keep 7 stacks of ice and replace any depleted cells for max efficiency. Unfortunately my test world got corrupted so I did a small retest but lost my total control panel.

You're probably right, I've actually gotten it wrong before haha. All I know is that it is the highest reactor setup with 2030 EU. I like to have ridiculous amounts more, so I normally make 2 or 4 of those reactors. All contained in a plant that looks strikingly familiar to Chernobyl. :D