Nuclear Power Plant

The Nuclear Power Plant is an alternative to the Solar Array for producing Energy. It consumes Hydrogen from your Hydrogen Synthesizer in order to make extra power.

Nuclear Power Plants create more energy as you level up your Energy Tech.

Costs

Ore Cost = ceil(500 * 1.8^Level)

Crystal Cost = ceil(200 * 1.8^Level)

Hydrogen Cost = ceil(100 * 1.8^Level)

Level	Ore	Crystal	Hydrogen
1	900	360	180
2	1,620	648	324
3	2,916	1,167	584
4	5,249	2,100	1,050
5	9,448	3,780	1,890
6	17,007	6,803	3,402
7	30,612	12,245	6,123
8	55,100	22,040	11,020
9	99,180	39,672	19,836
10	178,524	71,410	35,705
11	321,343	128,537	64,269
12	578,416	231,367	115,684

Specs

Production

The formula for energy production is:

Energy = 30 x Level x (1.05 + Energy Tech Level x 0.01)^Level

Actual Chart: http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq5/LordMekenshi/Untitled.jpg - Mekenshi

		Energy Tech Level
		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level	1	32.4	32.7	33.0	33.3	33.6	33.9	34.2	34.5
	2	69.98	71.29	72.60	73.93	75.26	76.61	77.98	79.35
	3	113.37	116.55	119.79	123.09	126.44	129.86	133.34	136.88
	4	163.26	169.39	175.69	182.17	188.82	195.66	202.68	209.88
	5	220.40	230.79	241.58	252.76	264.35	276.37	288.81	301.70
	6	285.64	301.88	318.88	336.67	355.29	374.75	395.10	416.35
	7	359.90	383.89	409.23	435.99	464.24	494.05	525.48	558.60
	8	444.22	489.22	514.46	553.09	594.23	638.03	684.62	734.17
	9	539.73	586.41	636.65	690.67	748.73	811.09	878.03	949.83
	10	647.68	710.21	778.12	851.93	931.75	1018.37	1112.17	1213.67

Hydrogen Consumption

Hydrogen = ceiling(10 x Level x 1.1^Level,1) the actual formula used...

		Hydrogen
Level	1	11.00
	2	24.20
	3	39.93
	4	58.56
	5	80.52
	6	106.29
	7	136.41
	8	171.48
	9	212.21
	10	259.37

Efficiency

The efficiency of Nuclear Power Plants decreases with each level of the plant until Energy Tech Level 5. After Energy Tech Level 5, efficiency improves with each level of the plant. Temperature also affects production. The colder your planet, the more efficient your production:

Production Value = 12 * Level * (1.1^Level) * (-0.002 * max_temp + 1.28)

		Energy Tech Level
		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level	1	2.95	2.97	3.00	3.03	3.05	3.08	3.11	3.14
	2	2.89	2.95	3.00	3.05	3.11	3.17	3.22	3.28
	3	2.84	2.92	3.00	3.08	3.17	3.25	3.34	3.43
	4	2.79	2.89	3.00	3.11	3.22	3.34	3.46	3.58
	5	2.74	2.87	3.00	3.14	3.28	3.43	3.59	3.75
	6	2.69	2.84	3.00	3.17	3.34	3.53	3.72	3.92
	7	2.64	2.81	3.00	3.20	3.40	3.62	3.85	4.10
	8	2.59	2.85	3.00	3.23	3.47	3.72	3.99	4.28
	9	2.54	2.76	3.00	3.25	3.53	3.82	4.14	4.48
	10	2.50	2.74	3.00	3.28	3.59	3.93	4.29	4.68

Requirements

Hydrogen Synthesizer Level 5

Energy Tech Level 3

See Also

Solar Array

Note

As a Nuclear power plant uses hydrogen to generate energy it may be wise to check that you are not running it at 100% output and producing extra energy that is not being used/needed. EG, if you have 100 extra energy, turn your power plant down, to stop "wasting" hydrogen generating unneeded energy. The saving may be small, but why use it if you do not have to?