Nuclear Plant (Civ2)

The Nuclear Plant is an industrial in Civilization II, available with the . It supplies its host city with , increasing base output by 50% when a and/or is present; it requires at least one of these improvements to be built.
Nuclear Plants risk a reactor meltdown until the discovery of .
==Strategy==
The Nuclear Plant is the cheapest model, costing equal to the but only 2 in , while providing the same mitigation as the . This makes it the most economical option until the advent of s, which effectively eliminate production-based pollution entirely.
Nuclear Plants have the second-lowest , and are superseded by Hydro Plants even after Fusion Power is acquired. Note that older plants must be manually to avoid superfluous upkeep.
===Meltdown===
Nuclear plants pose the unique danger of a core meltdown, resulting in a destructive blast equivalent to a that destroys the plant, halves (rounded up), pollutes adjacent s, and destroys garrisoned s. A city in is at risk of a meltdown until the player has acquired ; this threat persists even if no factory exists to enable the plant's power synergy.
== Civilopedia entry ==
Nuclear power plants utilize radioactive materials and the process of nuclear fission to generate the heat and steam needed to run electrical generators and produce electricity. Because nuclear power doesn't cause the air pollution associated with the burning of coal or petroleum products, this means of generating power is considered a viable alternative energy source. However, the toxic nature of the byproducts produced by the fission process creates serious problems of its own. No method of safely disposing of this toxic waste has been found, and the volatile nature of the fission reaction can lead to a meltdown of the reactor core if the reaction is not properly controlled. Because of these problems, the future of nuclear power is uncertain.
==Modding==
The Nuclear Plant is defined on Line 22 of the section of . The threat of meltdown is removed for any player possessing .
A meltdown uses the accompanied by . The popup alerting to a meltdown is located at in .
==Footnotes==
==References==
==See also==
* Nuclear Plant in other games
* Hydro Plant (Civ2)
* Power Plant (Civ2)
* Solar Plant (Civ2)