Controlled Fission Reactor

  • tothemyers
    24th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Plutonium has some very interesting properties to it, which have been of interest to PT engineers almost since it's first appearance - mainly, it's fissile properties, which allow it to generate immense amounts of energy.

    The standard PT plutonium reactor usually runs in cycles, with the fissile reaction taking place in a matter of seconds. This is not a very good reaction, seeing as real nuclear reactors don't operate like a controlled nuclear bomb. Previously, Plutonium reaction could not be effectively controlled to last longer than 5-10 seconds. My reactor takes advantage of a rather interesting property of plutonium:

    When in a negative pressure, plutonium will not react in any way. When in a positive pressure, the lower the pressure, the lower the reaction speed.

    My reactor takes full advantage of this unique property by keeping the reaction chamber at a steady pressure level of around 1-1.5.



    As you can see, it has much larger reaction times, plus constant Plutonium feed.

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions on how to improve it? Please tell me! Oh, and if you could vote - whether it's up or down (unless it's down because you're trolling [I don't mind down votes as long as it's for a reason]) - it would mean a lot to me, because I really want to know exactly what people think of it.