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[[File:Uranium Ore ig.png|frame|Uranium Ore in game.]]
Uranium can be obtained by mining [[Uranium Ore]]. It can be crushed, washed and centrifuged to create Uranium-235 and Uranium-238, which can be further used in nuclear engineering.
[[File:Uranium Block ig.png|frame|Uranium Block in game.]]
'''Uranium''' is a metal resource added by IC² and generated as ore between layers 0 and 64, usually in groups of up to 2 blocks. It requires an iron pickaxe or better to mine.


==Processing==
Several forms of uranium are '''{{Ctx|rad|radioactive}}''' and will poison (often quite severely) anyone handling them without the use of a [[Hazmat Suit]].<!-- change this link -->
{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Uranium Ore
|Bottom=RE-Battery
|Output=Crushed Uranium Ore
}}
{{Grid/Centrifuge
|Top=Crushed Uranium Ore
|Output1=Tiny Pile of Uranium 235
|OA1=1
|Output2=Uranium 238
|OA2=4
|Output3=Stone Dust
|Bottom=Advanced RE-Battery
}}
{{Grid/Ore Washing Plant
|Top=Water Bucket
|Bottom=Bucket
|Water=1000
|Battery=RE Battery
|Input=Crushed Uranium Ore
|Output1=Purified Uranium Ore
|Output2=Tiny Pile of Lead Dust
|OA2=2
|Output3=Stone Dust
}}
{{Grid/Centrifuge
|Top=Purified Uranium Ore
|Output1=Tiny Pile of Uranium 235
|OA1=2
|Output2=Uranium 238
|OA2=5
|Bottom=Advanced RE-Battery
}}


==Uranium-235==
== Forms ==
These forms of uranium are seen during [[ore processing]]:
* {{Gin|Uranium Ore}}
* {{Gin|Crushed Uranium Ore}}
* {{Gin|Purified Crushed Uranium Ore}}
* {{Gin|Uranium 238}} - '''{{Ctx|rad|radioactive}}'''
* {{Gin|Tiny Pile of Uranium 235}} - '''{{Ctx|rad|radioactive}}'''


'''Uranium-235''' is the more useful part of Uranium ore, however, it only accounts for 2.7-4.25% of natural Minecraftian Uranium (in real life, only about 0.72%). This is the part which sustains the fission chain reaction. Uranium-235, in sufficient quantity, can sustain fission even when being enriched with the common and non-fissile Uranium-238. The result is an even more useful beta-decayed Uranium-238, also known as [[Plutonium|Plutonium-239]].
Uranium is '''not''' used in [[metal shaping]], but has the following additional forms:
* {{Gin|Uranium 235}} - '''{{Ctx|rad|radioactive}}''', crafted from 9x {{Gin|Tiny Pile of Uranium 235}}
* {{Gin|Uranium Block}} - crafted from 9x {{Gin|Uranium 238}}
** Our scientists still cannot explain why a block of U238 isn't a radiation hazard, but there are a few HAYO-ish rumors involving tiny radioactive-eating bees... Don't ask me.
These additional forms are mostly for compact/compressed storage, and have no crafting use. <span style="font-size:64%">Well, not 'crafting' per se[[Secret:Nuke|...]]</span>


===Recipes===
==Uses==


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Uranium's primary use is the crafting of [[nuclear fuel]] (to turn into [[fuel rod]]s).
* {{Gin|Enriched Uranium Nuclear Fuel}} is crafted from U238 and U235.
* {{Gin|MOX Nuclear Fuel}} is crafted from U238 and [[plutonium]].
Apart from that it's not particularly useful, apart from decorating your house with the blocks.


==Uranium-238==
Or perhaps throwing it at other players with inventory space and watching them die of radiation poisoning.


'''Uranium-238''' is the most common isotope of Uranium. Uranium-238 alone cannot sustain a nuclear fission chain reaction, which is why it is enriched with Uranium-235.
Uranium is expensive stuff, though!  You wouldn't waste it on something like that, would you?  I mean, not more than once or twice or twenty times...
 
===Usage===
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Uranium 238|B1=Uranium 238|C1=Uranium 238
|A2=Uranium 238|B2=Uranium 238|C2=Uranium 238
|A3=Uranium 238|B3=Uranium 238|C3=Uranium 238
|Output=Uranium Block
}}
 
==Enrichment==
To enrich uranium, you need only craft it as so:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Uranium 238|B1=Uranium 238|C1=Uranium 238
|A2=Tiny Pile of Uranium 235|B2=Tiny Pile of Uranium 235|C2=Tiny Pile of Uranium 235
|A3=Uranium 238|B3=Uranium 238|C3=Uranium 238
|Output=Enriched Uranium Nuclear Fuel
}}
 
===Re-Enrichment===
 
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Uranium 238|B1=Uranium 238|C1=Uranium 238
|A2=Plutonium|B2=Plutonium|C2=Plutonium 235
|A3=Uranium 238|B3=Uranium 238|C3=Uranium 238
|Output=MOX Nuclear Fuel
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 22 December 2016

Uranium Ore in game.
Uranium Block in game.

Uranium is a metal resource added by IC² and generated as ore between layers 0 and 64, usually in groups of up to 2 blocks. It requires an iron pickaxe or better to mine.

Several forms of uranium are radioactive and will poison (often quite severely) anyone handling them without the use of a Hazmat Suit.

Forms[edit]

These forms of uranium are seen during ore processing:

Uranium is not used in metal shaping, but has the following additional forms:

These additional forms are mostly for compact/compressed storage, and have no crafting use. Well, not 'crafting' per se...

Uses[edit]

Uranium's primary use is the crafting of nuclear fuel (to turn into fuel rods).

Apart from that it's not particularly useful, apart from decorating your house with the blocks.

Or perhaps throwing it at other players with inventory space and watching them die of radiation poisoning.

Uranium is expensive stuff, though! You wouldn't waste it on something like that, would you? I mean, not more than once or twice or twenty times...



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