NUCLEAR REACTOR ROD CHARGE OR FILL??
JearBear87
Shreveport, LA Join Date: 2016-08-10 Member: 221143Members
Shreveport, LA Join Date: 2016-08-10 Member: 221143Members
I have a lot of empty reactor rods and wondering if there will be a way to charge them eventually? I've kept them in a locker just in case but has anyone heard anything about it? Or maybe they already have something like that?? It would be awesome. I don't want to just go drop them all over the sea floor or put them in a locker and destroy the locker. 
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I feel the same way. Glad they added the charge for batteries and Power cells but definitely need them for other things.
Um, knives break and disappear when they reach 0%.
Yeah the regular survival knives do, but the Thermal blades and Hardened/Diamond blades just deplete and stay in your inventory. It's like the Nuclear Reactor rods.
No, they do disappear, I just tested it. However, they do for some reason respawn in your inventory upon reloading the save, and are now unbreakable. That's an odd bug. But, exploit it while you can! Also, I expect they'll add some waste disposal system for spent Reactor Rods.
Uh not so much. Not only do they not break, and disappear but if dropped at 0% they tend to show back up in inventory.
you are experiencing the same issues as with real-life nuclear plants today where depleted rods are usually stored in a secure place for ever or until they stop producing radiation which are then used in some ammunitions I think.
................ I am aware that a wile ago we some country's did dump their depleted nuclear radioactive waste into the ocean, and buried it in abandoned mines
an earlier post of mine in Ideas and Suggestions:
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/142187/radiation-anyone
Radiation anyone?
They're adding that, at least for Uranium.
Oh i hope so. Something to reuse them. The knives just stay in my inventory. I just dropped like 4 and that is the only way to get rid of them besides putting them in a locker and deconstructing it.
I totally agree. I bet it will be used eventually. You can sort of tell when the DEVS are going to implement something in the game. I feel if the reactor rods weren't going to be reusable in the future they would disappear instead of take up space. Same with the thermal and hardened knives. I believe they will add a crafting section of some sort more than they have so far. It's exciting to see the changes happen while experiencing the game.
I'd be very surprised.
I was imagining we'd just be burdened with proper handling and disposal of the spent rods.
One of the texts in the game (either in the PDA tech data or tool tips or something) that says you're supposed to wear a radiation suit when handing spent rods, so I was expecting the rods to have a harmful radius.
It would be interesting if the radiation also impacted the environment, like killing plants and animals. Then you'd definitely have to figure out some sort of containment or disposal, much like IRL. You'd either have to craft lead lined storage, or drop them in an abyss or into a lava vent or something.
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That is super interesting. I felt the same way. It should have an impact on everything around you. Maybe even hurting the player and impacting his health, or killing things off. I would like if two or more rods spent to recycle into a new one. The idea is something that would make the game way more enjoyable.
I Depleted Uranium it seems is used in quite a few things and it seems isn't as radioactive as I thought as it has multiple civil uses as well as it is used in armor plating and armor piercing aplications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium