Plutonium Fuel

This page refers to both the fuel for regular reactors and the RBMK fuel "Low Enriched Plutonium" (LEP), for the other Plutonium based RBMK fuel, see Medium Enriched Plutonium Fuel.Plutonium fuel is a nuclear fuel that runs hotter than the other beginner fuels, though it lasts not as long.

Production
Plutonium fuel is either produced by combining 2 billets of Reactor Grade Plutonium with 1 U-238 billet to produce 2 ingots or by combining 4 Reactor Grade Plutonium nuggets with 2 nuggets of U-238 to produce 1 billet.

Statistics
Plutonium fuel rods produce 25 heat and have a 75,000 tick lifespan.

Small Reactor
Heat statistics for the small reactor, being filled with 12 (complete fill) of each rod type and temperature counted in degrees Celsius (no external modifiers used):

Large Reactor
Heat statistics for the large reactor, checking every operating level and temperature checked in degrees Celsius:

RBMK
The RBMK considers Plutonium fuel Low Enriched Plutonium (LEP). Regardless, LEP is a high-strength fuel in terms of flux.

It has a flux function of: $$\log_{10}(x + 1) * 0.5 * 35$$

The function is considered medium danger and is of the "Logarithmic" type.

A Xenon-135 generation function of: $$x * 0.5$$

And a Xenon burn function of: $$x^2 * 50$$

Generic Reactor and ZIRNOX GCR
Depleted Plutonium emits 55 RAD/s per "piece" when hot and 50 RAD/s when cool.

Depleted plutonium recycling returns little and makes more waste. It returns 2 Reactor Grade Plutonium nuggets, 1 Polonium nugget, and 3 tiny piles of nuclear waste.

RBMK
(To calculate with Xenon-135 poison, remove 1% from Plutonium Fuel and add 1% to Xe135)


 * Brand New
 * 90% Plutonium Fuel
 * 7% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste (Plutonium-239)
 * 3% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste (Plutonium-240)
 * Barely Depleted
 * 75% Plutonium Fuel
 * 17% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste
 * 8% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste
 * Moderately Depleted
 * 60% Plutonium Fuel
 * 27% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste
 * 13% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste
 * Highly Depleted
 * 45% Plutonium Fuel
 * 37% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste
 * 18% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste
 * Fully Depleted
 * 30% Plutonium Fuel
 * 47% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste
 * 23% Short-Lived Nuclear Waste

Uses
Can be used in both the small and large reactors.