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XBlueBeam 12th Sep 2023

there is no fusion in nuclear engines, and this does have uranium fuel rods.
blueskies1818 11th Sep 2023

In a real nuclear engine true you can use any fuel but realistically hydrogen provides the highest weight to thrust ratio, also there would be uranium fuel rods inside the engine to provide the heat for the fusion process.
XBlueBeam 11th Sep 2023

also nuclear engines can actually use anything as fuel, since it produces the energy via fission. It could use water or other chemicals instead of hydrogen
XBlueBeam 11th Sep 2023

the CLNE are spewing out neutrons if you actually look, so thats just for activating the DEUT cause it cant undergo fission by itself. also if i didnt use DEUT it wouldnt produce nearly enoguh pressure to keep the temperature up via URAN, so i cannot make it realistic no matter what
Sandboxvoid 11th Sep 2023

blueskies1818: As mentioned earlier it isn't meant to be realistic, it is stil "nuclear" just not the realistic sort of nuclear .
XBlueBeam 11th Sep 2023

also people seem to forget that this is a low effort save, and i do not plan to improve it at all
XBlueBeam 11th Sep 2023

there is DEUT....
RavenReverie 11th Sep 2023

Pretty interesting! Nuclear engines are fun to make, you may have more luck if you try out DEUT. I got one going without any portals or indestructible parts
blueskies1818 10th Sep 2023

and you have a clone near the bottom
blueskies1818 10th Sep 2023

like every thing first you'd have fuel rods to heat up the fuel and the fuel would be hydrogen

The Powder Toy

prototype nuclear engine by XBlueBeam

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