Fusion Reactor (NuclearCraft)

The Fusion Reactors is a multiblock structure added by NuclearCraft.
==Fusion Reactors==
A fusion reactor consists of a hollow, square 'ring' of Fusion Electromagnets centered around a Fusion Core. Reactors of size greater than 1 will require four sets of Fusion Connectors that connect the core and toroid.
The reactor has two input fuel tanks and four output product tanks. By default, there are seven fuels available to use in the fusion reactor: Hydrogen, Deuterium, Tritium, Helium-3, Lithium-6, Lithium-7 and Boron-11. The 28 different combinations of these fuels each have different reaction properties, including different products, different power gen rates and different optimal heat levels. The table on the Fusion Fuels page shows all of the stats for each fusion 'fuel combo'.
Fusion reactors require pre-heating by pumping in an enormous amount of energy (RF, etc.) The electromagnets that make up the ring also require a certain amount of power just to run. So you need to have a decent power infrastructure in place before you start on this project. Obviously, a NuclearCraft Fission Reactor is a great place to start!
Once the reactor reaches the ignition temperature of 8 MK (mega Kelvin), the fusion reaction between the two fuels will commence - the heat will begin to rise much more quickly and the products of the reaction will be generated. If the output tanks get full, the reactor will stall, so it is important to be extracting these products at all times. Some of the products may be used as fuel for other reactors. For example, the fusion of Hydrogen ions produces Deuterium nuclei, which can then be used as fuel in another fusion reactor.
The number of Fusion Electromagnets required is 32(n+2), where n is the size of the reactor. The number of Fusion Connectors required is 4(n-1), where n is the size of the reactor. Here is the result for reactors:
Reactor size	Electromagnet required	Electromagnets maintenance cost	Connector required
1 	96 	19 200 RF/T 	0
2 	128 	25 600 RF/T 	4
3 	160 	32 000 RF/T 	8
4 	192 	38 400 RF/T 	12
5 	224 	44 800 RF/T 	16
6 	256 	51 200 RF/T 	20
7 	288 	57 600 RF/T 	24
8 	320 	64 000 RF/T 	28
9 	352 	70 400 RF/T 	32
10 	384 	76 800 RF/T 	36
11 	416 	83 200 RF/T 	40
12 	448 	89 600 RF/T 	44
13 	480 	96 000 RF/T 	48
14 	512 	102 400 RF/T 	52
15 	544 	108 800 RF/T 	56
16 	576 	115 200 RF/T 	60
17 	608 	121 600 RF/T 	64
18 	640 	128 000 RF/T 	68
19 	672 	134 400 RF/T 	72
20 	704 	140 800 RF/T 	76
21 	736 	147 200 RF/T 	80
22 	768 	153 600 RF/T 	84
23 	800 	160 000 RF/T 	88
24 	832 	166 400 RF/T 	92
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