How should we recycle depleted Reactor Rods ?
Samecco1987
UK Join Date: 2016-08-13 Member: 221244Members
UK Join Date: 2016-08-13 Member: 221244Members
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Other than that, maybe some recycling involving thermal reactors? Or being recharged somewhere in the Aurora?
Being only craftable in this manner, it would take some time to have enough used rods to make any significant amount of ammo so the ammo even though powerful, would be expensive to the point you would think twice about using it, and also be spewin if you missed!!
Yes, I love using depleted uranium as a paperweight. Great idea!
The other method is turning the one of the 2 waste bins into a functional disintegrator bin that deletes items put inside. Possibly that biohazard signed bin, but make it look closed and with a flash animation when an item gets disintegrated.
Or a fully operational fusion disintegration reactor that turns waste into energy.
Those rods you've dumped outside are a reminder of the pristine, life-filled Eden you have spoiled with your naughty pollution. If your conscience can't handle it, go green
I think roughly like that too for real life altho for this game and gameplay purposes i'd really love to be able to replete them using more uranium
But its not waste... The only reason its an active substance is because there is still fuel in there to be used, otherwise, it would be inert!
They explain in the video that after about 5% usage, fuel rods get replaced as current nuclear plants are designed to only run on fuel rods with 95% or more fuel. Less than that, and they go to shit efficiency wise. Watch the vid....
I'd bet that the devs have something in mind for the used rods in our gaming future, they are just too much of a dead end to leave them how they are now. It feels obvious that the development branch for nuclear power is unfinished.
So true
Maybe its the ol' deconstructed locker method for the moment...
(still like my idea of nuclear ammo above though...maybe someone else had it already, good!)
I was somewhat disappointed that items like Trash Cans and Vending Machines had no function or purpose other than 'cool looks' inside the base. I mean they do look cool, but what's the purpose of scanning such items if they don't have a basic function?
Alternatively, the used rods could be placed inside some sort of containment where they are "burned off" until inert then used for armor or vehicle-pressure upgrades since uranium makes pretty good armor.
The nuclear reactor could be a progression to hydrogen power cells. Living in much more harmony with the world.
I saw something on Trelo about Uranium causing player damage if not handled with gloves while in a special suit? so maybe they do in fact have bigger plans for the rods?? Crossing fingers.