Breeding Reactor



(Machine functionality was radically changed on update 1.0.27x4109, the page was updated accordingly)

Breeds isotopes of elements into heavier forms using the neutron flux of an adjacent Research Reactor.

When the reactor is operating, rays of green-ish "lightning" emitted from the center rod of the model can be seen going to the outer rods from the glass observation window.

Use
Put your desired isotope target for neutron flux bombardment in the left slot.

The reactor uses heat to turn lighter elements into heavier ones. For example: Th-232 single rods need 500 flux in order to be transmuted into Thorium Fuel.

Compatible materials placed inside the reactor will undergo bombardment (if the flux requirements are met) and eventually turn into a heavier isotope or element. For example: U-235 + 300 flux -> Np-237 + 200 flux -> Pu-238 or (natural) Uranium + 200 flux -> Reactor Grade Plutonium. Sets of rods require more flux than single rods, however, quad rods only require a multiple of 3 of the single rod's flux level instead of 4, making them somewhat more efficient.

Recipes and Fuels
The breeding reactor's recipes are all related to each other in a sense of progression. This flowchart shows all of the recipes for the breeding reactor, click it to see it better. For more information on the materials themselves, most of them can be found here: Category:Radioisotopes. The others can be manually searched if you wish.