Technology · Machine
Waste cask
Spent fuel rods cool in it: two give back one enriched uranium, the rest sealed away.
In the game
How to get it
Craft a waste cask in the grid (steel plates, bolts and cement) and put the spent fuel rods the reactor gives back in it.
What it is for
Every five minutes two spent rods cool into one enriched uranium, ready for new rods; the rest stays sealed in glass at its bottom for good.
Why it exists
Power has a price: spent fuel is still hot, and recycling it makes the uranium last.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
On the progress path
NU9Nuclear energySide quest
- BeforeNU8 · Nuclear power plant
- This stepNU9 · Waste cask
- NextNU10 · Superconducting magnets (glacite)
Sub-actions (counted in your progress)
- Spent fuel — A spent rod kept