Guide to the Nuclear Reactor

So, your main source of power exploded.

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Maintenance

Preparing to shutdown the reactor

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Shutting down the reactor

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Repairing the reactor

If your reactor gets damaged, either from the pressure or heat, you can repair it with a welding tool and sealant, this will repair the seals and make sure you don’t blow up next time you start it up.

Tips

• Be careful to not exhaust your plasma supply. It is recommended you don't max out the moderator input when youre running plasma + O2, or you're at a tangible risk of running out of those gasses from atmos.
• The reactor consumes moderator gasses very quickly, so keep this in mind before you use permeability gasses for riskier setups.
• You don’t need to shut down the reactor to do maintenance, you only need to bring it down to 20% power.
• This engine synergises well with other atmos based engines, try hooking it up to a TEG for free power.
• You can cook food such as steak on the reactor's surface.
• If the reactor makes banging noises, it’s not being actively cooled with coolant, and is taking damage.

Sabotage

Sabotaging the Nuclear Reactor is incredibly easy to do, but can also be incredibly easy to fix depending on how much effort you put into your handiwork. Make sure there are no competent engineers nearby, roll up your sleeves, and let's get to work. You have a choice of starting either a meltdown or a blowout, with the latter being the deadliest but easiest to fix.

Meltdown:

• Flood reactor moderator line with plasma, they won't be able to mitigate the reaction with control rods.
• Shut off coolant entirely. Raise control rods.
• Swap all fuel out with spent fuel, as it's way stronger.

Blowout:

• Shut off exit valve for quick overpressure.
• Cause a pipefire in the coolant line (LETHAL).
• Tack heater onto coolant line (can also cause straight meltdown)