Suggestion: Hydrogen Fusion Reactor

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    It's the ultimate form of energy production, using abundant materials producing much more energy than a fission reactor. So I reckon it should output 60eu/s. Obviously it shouldn't give out as much as a matter anti-matter fusion reactor though. The generator should take Deuterium and Tritium. Produced from extracting hydrogen from water, then "sorting" the hydrogen into 2 seperate containers, one for each. So that's 2 machines. The Deuterium and Tririum containers should then be placed into the reactor. The fusion reactor should need at least 2 Million EU to start the reaction, and this should be added every time the fuel runs out. This makes it fairly difficuilt to set-up but then cheap energy to fuel teleportation.

    I like this, gives water a new use in Minecraft and Industrial Craft aside from the *inefficient* water mills. I do not like have to deal with those.


    Plus if this idea were used in conjunction with my Water Generator (for Realism mode)... HAYO!! XD

    2,000,000 eus it should be 1,000 eus nuclear fusion takes little energy to make a ton and theres on the wiki a empty page for a reactor chamber

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    You say 60Eut? (Yes, EU/tick is the official new naming convention ion IC²)
    Lol, i should mention a plain Nuclear Reactor can (with the newest implementation) reach an output of ~1500 EUt (Not-explosion within seconds NOT guarantueed)...
    Currently , there wouldn't be much of a need for an even stronger Reactor.

    Quote from Alblaka

    You say 60Eut? (Yes, EU/tick is the official new naming convention ion IC²)
    Lol, i should mention a plain Nuclear Reactor can (with the newest implementation) reach an output of ~1500 EUt (Not-explosion within seconds NOT guarantueed)...
    Currently , there wouldn't be much of a need for an even stronger Reactor.

    *mouth waters*

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    Just to pronounce it again, THEORETICALLY the maximum output of a reactor would be


    4 cells with 3 pulses = 12 pulses
    4+4+7+7=22 cells with 4 pulses = 88 pulses
    4*7= 28 cells with 5 pulses = 140 pulses
    = 240 pulses total = 1200 EUt total (I'm sure i misscalculated again, i've got 1400 once :O).


    However, this setup will produce 2400 heat per second, resulting in a spontanous reactor explosion after a operation length of 6 seconds, with an explosion radius of 280F (compare; a nuke has 40F)...


    Feanturi already designed a setup for a safely running 115 EUt reactor, though ^^ And it's possible to create more complex, well timed and slightly risky reactors which much higher output, too.

    heat/second? I'm liking all these new game mechanics and thinks to account for you mention. Very much looking forward to the release, great work by all of you.