Technology · Machine
Centrifuge
Spinning drums that turn uranium ore into enriched uranium.
In the game
How to get it
Craft it in the grid (steel plates, cogwheels, copper coils and a circuit board), connect a small power cable (8 kW) and put uranium ore in its hopper.
What it is for
A cell of uranium ore (16 voxels) gives one enriched uranium every 40 s. Three enriched uranium in a steel tube make two fuel rods.
Why it exists
Ore is not fuel yet: only the light uranium burns, and spinning sorts it out.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
On the progress path
NU4Nuclear energySide quest
- BeforeNU3 · Industrial drill (excavation)
- This stepNU4 · Centrifuge: enrichment
- NextNU5 · Fuel rods
Sub-actions (counted in your progress)
- Enrichment — Enriched uranium