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Nuclear Playground 1.2
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Coiler12 Jun 9, 2022 @ 4:45am
Getting to Goldilocks Heat
This is probably a very basic dumb question that basic dumb me is getting wrong, but I'm having trouble getting to an equilibrium that isn't either too hot (reactor melts down and explodes) or too cold (plugged into cooling tower directly via a heat pipe means the reaction is safe-but also too weak to really fuel a turbine/particle accelerator).

I'm guessing the heat valves and sensors have something to do with it, but even with them so far it's just the same issue of not being able to reach "Goldilocks heat".
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emmacatbeancat84 Jun 9, 2022 @ 5:38am 
I usually just cool my reactors with the control rods, and cooling elements. Hopefully this helps operate your reactor without it exploding.
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Coiler12 Jun 10, 2022 @ 10:21am 
Ok, managed a high temperature reactor that ran all the way through its fuel cycle without melting down. Trick is to use I-beams and other default metal items (but I-beams work the best) as your heat radiators. Just plop a bunch of them down, link them and the reactor up with heat pipes, and connect/disconnect/add/remove as necessary. Got to the mid four digits without any issue, and that was with a few "radiators" in a small room.
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Stefandreus Jun 12, 2022 @ 3:57am 
Originally posted by Coiler12:
Ok, managed a high temperature reactor that ran all the way through its fuel cycle without melting down. Trick is to use I-beams and other default metal items (but I-beams work the best) as your heat radiators. Just plop a bunch of them down, link them and the reactor up with heat pipes, and connect/disconnect/add/remove as necessary. Got to the mid four digits without any issue, and that was with a few "radiators" in a small room.
thanks for the tip, i tested this on my reactor and with heat transfer enabled and it's much more stable
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