NuclearCraft Tutorial - Two-Stage Steam Turbine Cycle [1.12.2]

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[@NuclearCraftMod]

*Timestamps!* 0:40 - Planners and Scripts Intro 2:26 - Molten Salt Reactor 12:20 - Heat Exchanger [Coolant Water] 28:08 - High Pressure Turbine 39:01 - Heat Exchanger [Coolant Exhaust Steam] 41:04 - Low Pressure Turbine 49:35 - Condenser [Low Quality Steam -> Condensate Water] 55:57 - Heat Exchanger [Coolant Condensate Water] 1:04:09 - MSR Startup 1:07:52 - Troubleshooting and Final Fixes

[@matthewkreuz2795]

i liked it but is too much work for too much low energy.

[@matthewkreuz2795]

seeying all this job for just 40Thousand RF i do 6 "MekanismGenerator" generating 3million each..

[@braelinmichelus]

An hour-long NuclearCraft video? Yes, please! Seriously, I just really enjoy watching these videos.

[@pppoopoo4880]

I actually have sort of decided my college major because you introduced nuclear physics to me through this mod. Thank you so much man!

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Awesome! I hope you love it :)

[@pppoopoo4880]

NuclearCraft :)

[@attenonmj3708]

Most of my chemistry, latin and physics knowlege came from minecraft mods XD

[@MasterCWG]

Wow you've really outdone yourself here, this is amazing! Like I said in the previous video I'm the guy who operates a reactor on a submarine so I think the accuracy, including the turbines stages, ect. Is awesome. My only suggestion balancewise is this looks like a lot of work to set up(which is not a bad thing) but in comparison, the fusion reactor is easier to set up and generates more power. I think the MSR needs to be buffed even farther, maybe so it makes twice the amount of the fusion reactor. I know that doesn't make sense realistically, but with the amount of setup this takes, it makes sense with game balance. I want the MSR to be buffed, because in modpacks, people will use other simpler ways to make power and your mod may go untouched

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Thanks very much! Glad to hear the accuracy is not off the mark :) You are certainly right that this is more work for less gain than the fusion reactors; in the future, NC will be undergoing an 'overhaul' of sorts, where I will be changing many of the fundamental mechanics. I can't go too crazy at the moment because it would break people's worlds, which is the last thing I want to do. In the future, these setups will probably be a bit smaller (for the same amount of hot coolant) and perhaps(?) generate more power, while the solid-fuel fission reactors and fusion reactors are being completely rewritten - they will be less powerful, harder to set up and everything should be better balanced than it is now. They'll also produce steam rather than energy directly ;) This is sorta why these multiblocks look so different to the originals - the MSR, heat exchanger and turbine are the first steps in the direction I've been planning to take for a long time.

[@will57950]

@@NuclearCraftMod are you sure that nerfing fusion reactor power generation is a good thing ? Atm we can use mekanism to simplify D-T fuel production a lot ( I personnally find nuclearcraft's process machines really annoying to setup and I miss tons of other ways to try fuel combos cause they are not relyable), and even at max toroid size, fusion reactor still 3 times worse than mekanism's one ( more than 3 times actually cause it uses more fuel / t + possibility to increase by 15 rf production with turbines ( yeah big setup but mekanism is way moooore cheated than our beloved NC reactor )) So... Maybe a solution should be to remove mekanism fuel compatibility ^^. Make processing less annoying ( Maybe have a possibility to configure output on processing machines ?) but way harder to setup ? Well in any case I prefer NC fusion reactor than mekanism one cause NC is way more satisfying ! If you've suggestions for me about NC automation ( fuel processing for example and setup machines output), please let me know ! NC is my fav mod by far so... :D

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@will57950 You've pretty much hit the nail on the head! Less annoying, larger-scale electrolysis and the disabling of Mek deuterium and tritium in the reactor are both planned ;)

[@villi872]

@@NuclearCraftMod I think Mek D-T Fuel should be a config option, with the default being set to disallowing Mek compatability

[@ShneekeyTheLost]

@@NuclearCraftMod I think a better means of balancing would be to dramatically increase the complexity of Fusion. So you have standard Fission, which does what you'd expect, it doesn't need much outright changing so much as a bit of tweaking and maybe including a water coolant loop to it to run steam turbines.Then you'd have MSR's which are more complex to set up, but are more efficient in terms of power generation and heat distribution (meaning you can run more turbines off of the same general footprint of an MSR). Then we get to the gorilla in the room... fusion. As it stands, it seems too simplistic. I mean, this is a technology which is still in its infancy because it is so gosh darn complex. Instead of nerfing it to the point that no one will want to play with it, you can instead increase the complexity. For example, you might need to set up a large sphere which houses the fusion tube and everything. And add fusing lasers, to kickstart the process, which require hecka-power and require careful aiming. You already require power input to kick off fusion, but you can require building lasers and placing them precisely to aim, wire them all up, then have them all trigger simultaneously. Furthermore, we can get into the fuel... because you don't just pump in elemental Tritium and Deuterium into a fusion reactor, you introduce pellets of fuel. Which are NOT trivial to produce. So even if you use Mekanism to produce your two basic components, you still need to refine them into something that will fuse in a Fusion Reactor. Which should take some starch out of the electrolytic separator feeding the Mekanism setup that has become so common.

[@chris909090]

I’m really glad you made this video - it really helps to see the entire setup start to finish. I love this mod and really appreciate the time you put in to supporting it making it accessible.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Thanks very much!

[@LayneZander]

Your mod is amazing dude! Having so much fun with it!

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Cheers! You're welcome :)

[@myHEXOR]

At this point i would never build this to actually survive but just because i want to have that badass setup

[@yannisvh]

Thanks for the mathematica scripts!!

[@wormzjl]

This is the best mod on 1.12

[@ASOTFAN16]

Dam that helium tho. Just goes like WHOOSH XD

[@OsakaHibachi]

this is so awesome. thank you so much for this mod, i love playing with it.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

You're welcome :)

[@beherith2874]

Beautiful video really helpfull as always. Thx for your work, also, is that a cyclops dome from ice and fire at 8:50? 🤗

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Cheers! I think that's just Advanced Rocketry's huge moon :P

[@origamimanify]

Man I bet ender fluid conduits from ender io would make this all so much easier and less cluttered, you could do most of it without needed filters and just utilizing the colors on the pipes to send everything to the right area

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Very possibly!

[@Humaricslastcall]

But they don't have the fluid transfer capacity required for truly large setups.

[@TlalocTemporal]

@@Humaricslastcall -- Probably not per connection, but all ender IO conduits (except the lower teir fluid conduits) have infinite throughput, so you can slap a few extra connections on to some more vents and one conduit will handle it. Depending on the setup you might not have enough space for vents though...

[@xcorvis]

Awesome. This just screams for an Open Computers program. Checking status, turning on all components in series, maybe it could even be smart enough to do some of the math for you, tell you if there are any undersized components. Your mathematica script could be converted to a lua script as a start.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

There are already people in the Discord server looking at those scripts and writing both OC and standalone programs around them ;)

[@Lykrast]

Little suggestion that might put on github issues if needed: I think you should move the side configuration messages (like at 6:27) to the action bar instead of the chat.

[@TlalocTemporal]

Or do that thing where a new message deletes the old message, so it never leaves any clutter.

[@damme90]

thank you for the content. what fuel are you using in the salt reactor (at the beginning of the video)?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

No prob! I'm using LEA-242 ;)

[@God-ch8lq]

@@NuclearCraftMod hey, why didn't you use thermoconducting alloy heat exchanger tubes in the first heat exchanger? They're more efficient

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@God-ch8lq Was just using random choices as an example - you're right that the thermoconducting alloy tubes are always the best choice :)

[@God-ch8lq]

@@NuclearCraftMod but all the math is centered around the tubes you used Also, what am i doing with the glowstone coolant, do i use another heat exchanger?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@God-ch8lq Is this in the scripts? If so, you can change the variables for the tube conductivities. And yes, you'd use a similar setup for the glowstone NaK, except with a different 'cooling required' stats.

[@thaumargaming3646]

Try switching the glowstone with emerald for the solid fuel reactor

[@UberMun]

I've found that some of the items in this mod aren't showing up in JEI. The one I noticed in particular was the Geiger Counter which didn't show up and (as far as I could tell) its recipe isn't on the wiki. So I had to go into creative mode to see how it was crafted. Is the Geiger Counter being registered any differently to the other items?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

If you don't have radiation enabled in the config, items such as the Geiger counter, radiation shielding, etc. will be hidden in JEI ;)

[@UberMun]

@@NuclearCraftMod I'll check to see if its enabled, thanks!

[@CMDRSweeper]

What is the ingame name of this SiC alloy? I do not know if it is enabled or not in the modpack (I have gone through some of the disablers and tried to get as much Nuclearcraft back as possible, but some of the stuff still eludes me where it is disabled :( ) I am currently considering using your Steam turbine separate from the reactor, basically I got vanilla Steam and want to make RF out of that, but I do not care about the after product, so any low quality steam I can just chuck in the bin anyway :D The reason for this is that I am testing a vanilla coal / oil fired boiler, but I would love an efficient steam turbine for it, and there are turbine components enabled that I can use!

[@NuclearCraftMod]

The in-game name of the alloy is "SiC-SiC Ceramic Matrix Composite", and you can certainly use the NC turbine to produce power from the steam of other mods, yes :)

[@Tyrus-jq8qk]

Great video! I am just confused about why you would use 2 coolants, and if you utilized the glowstone would it be a similar setup to what you already made?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Different coolants have different rules that must be obeyed in the MSR to be heated up, just like the different types of coolers in the solid-fuel reactor, so often you will need multiple coolants. Otherwise, yes, the setup is exactly the same ;)

[@lesdmark]

You mentioned the animation is not finished. I am guessing the stator will remain stationary whilst the rest of the turbine turns. If not, that would be something to consider.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

That is indeed the plan ;)

[@BanToser]

Is the coolant for the molten salt reactors partially consumed in the cycle ? I know that in the fission reactors it IS consumed, and in my testworld, it seems, that the molten salt reactors consume the eutectic NaK redstone mixture, altough its repiped after heating the water in the heat exchanger back into the reactor. It is just a question, i dont want you to change anything i just want to learn the mod.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

It shouldn't use any of it up, no. It may be getting stuck in a vent somewhere in your setup, but I can't be sure...

[@BanToser]

Oh, my heat exchanger tubes were not full yet. Thats why it seems the system consumed it, the tubes were just still filling.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@BanToser Yeh, it's a known problem that the tube and vent buffers are far too large - will be fixed in the future ;)

[@BanToser]

After about one week watching this video over and over again i was able to build a two stage steam turbine cycle like in the video. I must say, its the most complicated way to produce power in minecraft and i love it. Finally there is a use for granite, diorite and andesite and a very realistic approach to real life nuclear decay and fusion. Very nice mod, its now one of my favourite. I made quests in my own modpack "Tosers Spacecraft", where people shall build a simple fission reactor in a questline. You can try the modpack at curseforge or technic launcher if you want.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@BanToser Great! You are very welcome. There are still things iron out, but we'll get there :) I don't really have time to play the actual game anymore at all, but I'll check out your pack :P

[@Michael2137.]

Important question, when calculating the cooling efficiency why do you need to take the total cooling rate of both heaters (lapis and glowstone)? If we are calculating the two-way system for lapis NaK then shouldn't you only take into consideration the cooling rate of lapis heaters?. For example 8 * 480 = 3 840 HU/t and then use that value instead of 5920 HU/t. I don't undestand the code behind it so I'm probably wrong.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

The cooling efficiency affects all heaters equally, even if they're of different types. It's essentially the MSR's version of the solid-fuel reactor's efficiency stat :)

[@Michael2137.]

@@NuclearCraftMod oooh, thanks! Now it makes sense.

[@beherith2874]

Is there an ingame way of figuring out how much steam you produce? Cause im trying all of this in a survival game and don’t have the mathematical script.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

You can work it out from the info provided in-game, but if you come to our Discord server there are a bunch of spreadsheets and programs that can help out :)

[@realv396]

The Condensation Tube is not in my NEI? Latest 2.15 in 1.12? Been days if not weeks setting up the first stages all running waiting for something to do with low quality steam?? Any suggestions?

[@realv396]

answer; 2.16 added condensation tubes :)

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Yep ;)

[@Lorlic1138]

Is it possible to use the heat exchanges on the solid fuel reactors? I wanted to make steam and pump it into an immersive engineering generator like a real nuclear reactor instead of just magically getting power.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Currently no, the solid-fuel reactors just produce power. In the future they will produce steam ;)

[@Lorlic1138]

@@NuclearCraftMod Well, I can still use the MSRs I guess. Follow up question, is there a way to make regular steam without running it through one of your turbines? I'm going for a realism look (said the man building a nuclear reactor across the river from a medieval style minecolonies village...) and while your mod functions more realistically, the Immersive Eng steam turbines looks far more accurate (no offense, I love your mod). The plan was to have 4 of them hooked up to a HE and 3x3 MSR.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Chase On The Internet You can get ‘normal’ steam by feeding high-pressure steam back through another heat exchanger ;)

[@Shazzipants]

is there anywway to connect nuclearcraft blocks to screen blocks that display information about your reactor?kind of like how IC2mod had nuclear control mod like RFtools

[@NuclearCraftMod]

You can use OpenComputers to write programs for monitoring and showing data about the reactor ;)

[@AlexJones-qf7rw]

Looks like there's a lot of math involved. Which does make sense, it's quite a complex mod. However a casual player might find it too bothersome. There's a reason why something like Extreme Reactors are popular. It's easy to set up and doesn't take too much to get working. Sure you can experiment with different factors to make it more efficient. But if it's a lot of work just to get it working people might shy away. Like Reika's mods for example. There's a core audience that loves how in dept it is. But you never see it in any major modpack. (ofc that may also have different reasons, like license.) That said I'd enjoy this mod. Even if I still has to move beyond a simple 3x3x3 fission reactor (mainly cos it's freaking expensive to build stuff. Lots of iron required and a bunch of steps to make the right alloys.). My brother did build a fusion generator on a server but he struggled to keep it going long periods of time due to 1, the power cap and 2, fuel. He had like 3-4 Mekanism Turbines working off Extreme Reactor fission fueled steam just to get up to the amount of power to start the fusion. But it wasn't able to work long because of lack of fusion fuel. That was the biggest choke point for his plans. And btw he made that fusion reactor with the idea to give power to the entire server! Meanwhile my base was run off Mekanism wind turbines and a Modular Generator running of syngas from a treefarm (run with Steve's carts) and it worked just fine for my needs. Sure I didn't have any AE2 or Draconic stuff tho at that point. I'd say Immersive Engineering is also a nice example. It's a bit expensive, requires some set up but then it keeps running (as long as you have diesel) without requiring a bunch of math or optimal set-up. Edit: 6 minutes in and I'm already lost.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

It's totally understandable that people may not like the maths or complexity of this mod, and of course they may use extreme reactors instead. However, just judging by the packs NC is managing to get into at the moment (it is getting into major packs such as Sky Factory, Modern Skyblock and Enigmatica), there does seem to be a decent audience for this sort of mod, and I believe there is far more to this mod than simply being a more complex extreme reactors!

[@AlexJones-qf7rw]

@@NuclearCraftMod Yeah it's very nice to see that NC gets more attention (and I'm talking like someone whom has used and loved this mod probably since 1.7.10) There has also been a shift towards more "expert" like packs. Project Ozone 3 and Sevtech being recent examples. I just wish I was better at math cos most of these things just fly right over my head. I would like to dive deeper into the mod but I'm a little intimidated by anything beyond simple Fission. There's also a cost of materials that can be a struggle to overcome in Survival. Sure there are quarries and mining dimensions but by the time you have those you probably have a good set-up of power. I don't want this mod to become like Draconic Evolution where power cost and material cos rises exponentially.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

The material/power cost will almost certainly stay roughly the same - this mod is more expensive than most, but that's because I've felt that in the last few years material acquisition has become easier and easier n big packs with a wealth of mining and even resource-farming options. The exception to this is future high-tech machinery, but in general the cost will go with the tech level as expected. Ultimately this game is one of the all time greats because it is a sandbox game - if you don't want to use a mod, you don't have to. If you already have a good power system in place, you don't need to use NC unless you want to. It's all down to the packs you play and what options are available :) Some of this stuff is mathematical, but that's just the sort of mod this is - it's meant to be hard and have aspects of realism without being insanely, ridiculously complex. In the future some of it will be easier, simply because of the way some of the mechanics are changing, but at the end of the day this is not a good option for a mod if you want simplicity.

[@AlexJones-qf7rw]

@@NuclearCraftMod Yeah... I like the complexity of coolers and different fuels. How you need bigger reactors for more coolers to run on better fuels. That part is something I've thoroughly enjoyed. The cool looking fusion reactors. But these Salt Reactors, Turbines and Heat Exchanges? Aswell as all the fluids that quickly fill up the max allowed IDs? I look at them and my head starts spinning. I don't get how to build or even acquire said liquids. Nor how to build something that won't blow up on me. I'm trying to watch this tutorial but I'm already lost and it's barely started. I don't get how things even work. I get that material cost rises with multi-blocks, I've played Immersive Engineering. But it's not always that mass resources or even quarries are available. Just because how OP it is. Like this one pack I'm playing where I've enough copper to build a mansion but barely enough iron to build anything. I'd wanna continue to enjoy and play this mod. it's more challenging than ER. But I'm not sure I'm good enough at math to continue enjoying it. (Though I've to say that Reactors making steam is far more realistic. Steam > Turbine > Power is how basically all power generation works. Better ways of generating steam but not more efficient ways of using it. ) But I suppose that's just me.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

You can avoid the ID limit by making sure the registering of the fluid blocks is disabled in the configs (it's disabled by default). Fluids alone, without a corresponding block, don't affect the ID limit, which is nice. Ultimately recipes just have to be figured out through JEI; that's what it's there for at the end of the day. There are ways to make sure meltdowns don't occur by using a redstone comparator safety loop, like I do in this video. I certainly get your point about how sometimes the recipes don't line up so well with resource availability, but I have no choice but to just assume the player is using a standard pack of the times, where recourses are abundant - things like CraftTweaker exist to allow players to change recipes to suit the collection of mods they're using. Alternatively, if iron is scarce, you may want to increase its spawn rate - there's not much I can do about things like that unfortunately. I think the important thing is whether the maths is a problem. Maybe it is too much for some people, but at the end of the day I wouldn't enjoy making the mod much simpler - it would just be an ER alternative rather than its own mod with its own characteristics. One thing to look out for though is that all sorts of awesome people are working on programs, scripts and calculators to do the heavy lifting for you, just as the script in this video did for me :) All of these wonderful people hand out in the NC Discord server, and I'm usually around to answer questions more immediately that through YT ;)

[@balintelias]

What happens if the steam expansion created by the turbine blades is too high or too low? If I need 400% expansion, is like 390% or 410% better?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Expansion just affects efficiency. The bearings and rotor will only fail if the steam throughput is too high (over 100%).

[@balintelias]

@@NuclearCraftMod Thanks

[@Schplatnel]

So, in this scenario, if you were to use the Glowstone coolant as well, you would create two additional heat exchangers for the coolant(one for the high pressure steam, one for the low pressure steam) and as for the steam itself you could just combine it and make the turbines larger, right? Edit: On second thought... good grief, that amount of steam. Maybe combining it isn't a good idea. Might have to go with separate turbines entirely.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

You can do it that way, yes. Setups can get incredibly big very quickly :P

[@abe-danger]

couldve done some better wiring using ender tanks for instance, using the NaK glowstone as one of the heating fluids too, but those are just the details =P (and ofc everything 10x compact)

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Definitely - I've seen some people use Ender IO conduits which make things much easier, but I just wanted to show that you can use the non-filterable options too :)

[@zuzoscorner]

Molten salt ones alwasy make my head hurt

[@GoldMoonGuy]

Factorize it in survival are extremely hard to do.

[@GoldMoonGuy]

I rather use Tokamak(NuclearCraft's fusion reactor) instead.

[@zuzoscorner]

@@GoldMoonGuy Unless the revamp version the fusion reactor requires a millions more steps too like everything else does.

[@TastyBaconBitz]

question: what fuel are you using for the molten salt reactor?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

I think that design used LEA-242.

[@TastyBaconBitz]

@@NuclearCraftMod thanks so much!

[@NuclearCraftMod]

No worries :)

[@braelinmichelus]

I don't see any other videos explaining the turbines on the channel. You mention it in the video, but I cannot find the video... ???

[@NuclearCraftMod]

This is effectively the video for the turbine :)

[@braelinmichelus]

@@NuclearCraftMod Could you make a video where you explain more about the sizes and blade numbers? I'm trying to setup low-pressure turbines for use with steam boilers. I'm finding it difficult to optimize them.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@braelinmichelus I'll be making an overhaul video on them when I can, though they do work a tad differently. They are a bit tricky to optimise though, so don't worry - if you can and if you'd like, I and others are in the Discord server and can hopefully help you a little more in real time :)

[@braelinmichelus]

@@NuclearCraftMod Thanks! I'd be very glad to join the Discord! Could I have an invite?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Brenden Michelus Link is in the description ;)

[@hallucinogender3810]

The main heat exchangers could have been one block shorter; you had 12 contacts per layer and needed 48, so 4 layers would have been enough rather than five.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

You’re right, but I put five just in case something about the movement of the coolant in the tubes was a bit off ;)

[@hermit1428]

The wiki should really be updated :P

[@NuclearCraftMod]

I used to help try keeping it up to date, but unfortunately I'm rather short on time at the moment!

[@destro2308]

Я ждал гайд по паровой технологии получении энергии , как учеба ?

[@beherith2874]

If MSR setups are so much more difficult than the normal fission reactors, why not add something like controlrods or a turbine wich runs on the hot fluids from the active cooling on the fission reactors? There could be like hot water coming out of a fission reactor to go through a basic turbine only meant for fission reactors? :) Since fission reactors are so much easier to build, i think there is alot more potential.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

In the future the solid-fuel reactors will produce steam instead of power directly ;)

[@Shazzipants]

hey man i am new to this mod i have been missing something like this since IC2/volts nuclear reactors. However i am having trouble finding information on processing eg thorium/uranium into useable fuels for fission reactors

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Hey there! The machine you're looking for is the isotope separator - process thorium and uranium with that and you'll get the Th-232, U-235 and U-238 you need to craft the entry-level fuels ;)

[@Shazzipants]

@@NuclearCraftMod got it thanks xF

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Shazz Awesome :)

[@kelvinyonger8885]

@@Shazzipants And then you use the Fuel Reprocessor to make new isotopes from the depleted fuels!

[@bradleymorgan8223]

what benefit is there to using that final heat exchanger and preheated water as opposed to continuing to feed the system with normal water?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Preheated water is turned into steam far more quickly than regular water - the loop ends up producing about twice as much power.

[@bradleymorgan8223]

@@NuclearCraftMod How much hot coolant is consumed preheating the water? I'm not sure how the math adds up. Thanks for the reply btw!

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@bradleymorgan8223 It's not very much. For the one-stage loop, it's 4.8% of the hot coolant, and for the two-stage loop, it's 1.8%. If you head to our Discord server there's a channel filled with calculators and simulators to work out the numbers automatically :)

[@bradleymorgan8223]

@@NuclearCraftMod i'll make sure to do that, thank you!

[@frantisekhanzlik8916]

**creates huge realistic reactor mod and crazy Mathematica script** **uses Google instead of calculator** Anyways this mod I amazing, I'm grateful that someone still prefers huge complicated setups than overpowered single-block generators which "magically" convert fuel into power, keep up the amazing work! 🙂

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Cheers! Well, currently the fusion reactor is a bit of a magic power machine, but we'll sort that in time :P

[@frantisekhanzlik8916]

@@NuclearCraftMod still, I love how the rest of the mod is complicated and you have to do some math and thinking before actually start building things, I'm really glad that mods like this exist, can't wait to see what amazing things you'll think of for the next release! :-)

[@NuclearCraftMod]

I can't wait to get on with getting it implemented :P

[@browndoggie20yt33]

what is the fuel you used for the salt reactor

[@NuclearCraftMod]

I believe it was FLiBe LEA-242 for this setup.

[@DoctorPotassium]

What the fuck I clicked on a minecraft tutorial and got a university lecture

[@Iapetus31]

Spaghetti pipes!

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Very tasty.

[@MakarovFox]

if i change the fuel will this design continue working?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Yes, though the stats will change, just like with the solid fuel reactor.

[@MakarovFox]

@@NuclearCraftMod thanks

[@cooper419]

Now we need a way to store all this power Might I suggest flywheels?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Probs gonna stick to voltaic piles and lithium ion batteries, but they will become multiblocks in the future ;)

[@RustyDockLight]

I like the Mekanism multiblock energy cells. Currently, with an ultimate induction cell I'm just over 200 billion Rf maximum.

[@kelvinyonger8885]

I use a Mek induction matrix and tier 7 energy core w/ a bunch of fission reactors.

[@CHNO-kl9bn]

Is there anything like a wiki or a guide for maths for this mod , cuz this is just too much for my 2 braincells ... im watching this for like thrid time and still dont understand much... dont get me wrong im in the love with the mod , but i just need a tiny bit to actualy understand the maths behind it

[@kelvinyonger8885]

Unfortunately, the mod isn't popular enough to have a wiki, but calculators do exist (the creator uses one).

[@Tntdruid]

#360pClub 👍

[@victorfrankenstein8005]

Could the turbine work with steam from other mods like railcraft?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Yes :)

[@victorfrankenstein8005]

@@NuclearCraftMod neato

[@Iapetus31]

But is it compatible with immersive engineering?

[@victorfrankenstein8005]

If you're talking about energy most definitely liquids in the chem thrower I honestly don't know

[@guyr5538]

Is there any other programs that can run this or do the math without needing mathmatica?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

In the Discord server therer are some alternatives such as spreadsheets and CDF files :)

[@guyr5538]

@@NuclearCraftMod thank you!!! :D

[@guyr5538]

@@NuclearCraftMod oh and thank you for an awesome mod

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@guyr5538 You're welcome :)

[@jazm02384]

Is there any downside to having too big of a turbine?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

As of very recently, yes - there will be an efficiency penalty. Will make a vid going over it when I can!

[@proxy1035]

that searchbar is still triggering me to this day. just look how much space it takes up without being useful. also you know programs like OBS allow you to easily record only the inside of a window so you don't have the bar at the top and bottom

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Yeh I know - sometimes I do (I did genuinely just forget in the Not Enough RTGs vid), but here I wanted to easily access those calculators and the script.

[@proxy1035]

@@NuclearCraftMod i don't understand how not recording those regions would make them invisible to you as well.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Proxy There probably is a way to capture only the windows and the simulators over the top too, but quite frankly it was very late at night before heading back to uni, so I really was in a hurry to get this recorded and wasn’t gonna try figuring it out at that point even if it crossed my mind :P

[@proxy1035]

@@NuclearCraftMod oh well. atleast you got something out still a great video. didn't know the programs existed.

[@joejarbinks6238]

Goddamn that looks expensive...

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Reasonably, but this is nuclear engineering :P

[@MakarovFox]

the coolant is spent over time?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Not quite sure what you mean by “spent”, but the coolant won’t be lost. It’ll just loop round.

[@MakarovFox]

@@NuclearCraftMod yeah that was my question if the refrigerant is lost, thank you

[@idonthaveaname1634]

What fuel the tank had in it

[@NuclearCraftMod]

I was using LEA-242

[@idonthaveaname1634]

@@NuclearCraftMod thanks

[@camer5371]

is it just only 360p for me?

[@wumi2419]

it'll be like that for a while coz youtube

[@Chemi4001]

Is the link to discord server dead?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Doesn’t look like it...

[@Chemi4001]

@@NuclearCraftMod Ahh, I see my bad sorry

[@NuclearCraftMod]

I Love Birds of Prey n Chemistry No worries :P

[@1320crusier]

Shouldnt the MSR be heating CO2?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

This is a molten salt fuel and molten salt coolant design, so in this case no. You can get other combinations which use gas cooling.

[@1320crusier]

@@NuclearCraftMod Im just going off what Ive read of how some want MSR's/LFTR's to work. Closed low pressure CO2 to run a turbine is one larger portion of it.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

1320crusier The pebble bed reactor will be gas-cooled, so I haven’t changed the MSR to keep the variety ;)

[@1320crusier]

​@@NuclearCraftMod Ahh, game decisions. ...give us ALL the options! lol even an RMK >_>

[@Iapetus31]

1320crusier hey, chill out man , let this man do is thing

[@ultradude5410]

So the Thermal Expansion piped couldn’t handle the steam expansion huh? I feel like at this point NC should just have it’s own super-high-transfer-rate piping.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

A lot of people use stellar conduits and pressure pipes - they have higher throughputs :)

[@thedjentleman1662]

@@NuclearCraftMod what mod are these conduits from ?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@thedjentleman1662 The stellar conduits?

[@thedjentleman1662]

@@NuclearCraftMod yes

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@thedjentleman1662 www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/stellar-fluid-conduits

[@nostopit179]

Are you the mod dev?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Yep!

[@nostopit179]

NuclearCraft it’s cool that you are so connected with the community, I’ve never seen that before with any other development project except maybe Stardew valley. I do want to ask though, you seem incredibly knowledgeable about how these reactors work, do you work in a physics driven field? If so what is it that you do?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@nostopit179 Cheers! I've just left uni after finishing a physics masters, but my understanding of nuclear engineering in particular is still rather average :P

[@nostopit179]

NuclearCraft oh that’s so cool, I’m about to start college this fall and I’m enrolled as a psych major, but I’m seriously considering going into physics. Astrophysics in particular is something that really interests me

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@nostopit179 If you're lucky, the places you want to apply to could offer a full astrophysics degree, though where I was applying, it was usually a sub-section of the general physics course.

[@NatTuck]

Needs a water preheater.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Is there meant to be another one? I already have a preheater after the low-quality steam is condensed, before it heads back into the first exchanger.

[@TlalocTemporal]

@@NuclearCraftMod -- I think he wanted a way to make pre-heated water before starting the reactor. IC2 has solar distillers for distilled water, and you can create steam to condense from any heat source, not just coolant, so you can prime your boilers with distilled water before you turn them on.

[@guillerpayumo9071]

I wanna download this but I'm at 1.15,

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Gonna be a while before I update I'm afraid, but we'll get there :)

[@rogervanbommel1086]

Maybe you can add a third stage

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Could do, but I'll probs stick with two - too many stages and the heat exhanger logistics gets very confusing :P

[@rogervanbommel1086]

Or maybe make active coolers produce a bit of steam

[@rogervanbommel1086]

And do conductivity multiplyers add up?

[@NuclearCraftMod]

roger van Bommel Active coolers aren’t in the game anymore (in the overhauled version of NC), and the conductivity multipliers average out.

[@rogervanbommel1086]

Yeah i AM still on regular 1.12.2

[@policeMarcus]

YOU DELETED THE NUKE? ADD THA NUKE!

[@NuclearCraftMod]

I didn't delete it, just didn't add it again when I updated to 1.10.2 and beyond... maybe it will return but for now there's other stuff to get done ;)

[@HonViddaj1]

My 8 year old wants to play minecraft

[@seanrisner5314]

All that for just 40k rf a tick

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Would be around 60 kRF/t with the glowstone dealt with, but yes - the reason it's a lot of work is because of the huge amount of steam that needs to be dealt with. In the future, when the mod undergoes its overhaul, everything won't be quite so big ;) Also keep in mind that a solid-fuel reactor of that size would produce over ten times less!

[@seanrisner5314]

That's true it just seems alot of work for little out put i do think your mod I really cool and fun tho so please don't take my comments as your mod is bad

[@beherith2874]

Wut... i managed to design a fission reactor thats a 3x10x3 tower that produces 470 k rf/t... Suspended into the ground its alot smaller and produces waaaaaay more power than this huge and complicated (but really awsome and in depth) MSR setup. For me Fission is the way to go, its more powerful, smaller and alot cheaper and also doesnt hurt my brain lol 😂 The Lapis coolant is being produced by like 10 melters that melt the lapis that comes from 2 immersive engineering Excavators. In Creative the sickest reactor i built was 1.2 million rf/t and it was a 7^3 design.

[@lesdmark]

@@NuclearCraftMod I don't see the need for it to be that much smaller. Space is not a concern in Minecraft, and things like this should take up lots of it. They certainly do in real life! Rorax has a long rant about this at some point, and she is correct. Magic blocks have spoiled people a bit too much.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@lesdmark agreed - I don't mean make the exchangers and such a ridiculous amount smaller, but a setup of this size should probably be needed for a reactor bigger than the one I set up.

[@TheRarenth]

So you put your linked resources for calculating On a dead discord link or for a piece of heinously expensive software. Great.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

The Discord link should work fine - there are a few non-Mathematica scripts and resources for these setups in one of the channels.

[@TheRarenth]

@@NuclearCraftMod If I have to join a discord server and dig through years of stuff to find community-made spreadsheets to even begin to calculate what I'm supposed to be doing, I think some (WRITTEN) documentation and/or ingame tools might be warranted...

[@NuclearCraftMod]

@@TheRarenth I certainly agree on in-game docs, and I’m certainly endeavouring to be better at providing it, but community tools are useful nevertheless and all listed in a separate read-only channel so that they’re not too hard to find :)

[@belu-hecker2424]

wtf dude this is a tutorial and your just gonna skip the fuel part which is the most important step

[@NuclearCraftMod]

Since the recipes are all in JEI, I usually focus on the stuff that isn't otherwise documented.

[@Minekono]

I'm a programmer, so the Wolfram Mathematica stuff made perfect sense to me. Learn to program, kiddos. I suggest starting with C, then moving "higher" level.

[@NuclearCraftMod]

At least a C-type along with a scripting language will do a lot of good ;)

[@outinthegrapes]

You say that like I'm actually smart enough to learn it, believe me i'm not, I would know, I am me after all.

[@ThunderBlastvideo]

Lol who uses nei anymore

[@NuclearCraftMod]

NEI's great! It's now an addon to JEI, and just reintroduces those inventory save slots and time/weather/gamemode control at the top left :)

[@AlexJones-qf7rw]

@@NuclearCraftMod NEI was great. I still miss some of the fubnctions of it. Like being able to use a scroll down menu. Never used the buttons and inventory saves much tho.