Nuclear Plant

Nuclear Plant
Building Requirements	No Solar Plant
Production Cost	500
Resource	Uranium
Maintenance	3
Unlocked at	Nuclear Fission

The Nuclear Plant is a building available in the Atomic Era.

Game Info

Building a Nuclear Plant requires a Factory or any of its replacements, as well as 1 Uranium. The city must also lack a Solar Plant.

• +5 Production
• +15% Production

With Social Policies / Tenets:

• Young Pioneers (Order): +1 Happiness

Overview

A nuclear plant is a building where controlled nuclear energy is converted into power. Energy from nuclear fission is used to heat water into steam. The steam is pumped through turbines which generate electricity. On a day-to-day basis, nuclear power is far cleaner than oil or gas or coal, producing far less pollution to foul the air and water and people nearby. The plant does however produce chunks of nuclear waste, a remarkably lethal by-product which must be stored for centuries before it loses its toxicity. In addition, a major accident at a nuclear plant would have far nastier and longer-lasting effects than at another kind of power generating plant. Finding enough energy to keep the planet in business is a difficult and dangerous problem that humanity will be facing for some time to come, until and unless a plentiful, clean and safe new energy source is discovered.

Unique Building Replacements

Icon	Building	Civilization	Yields
	Agesta	Sweden (Olof Palme)	Requires a source of Freshwater. New buildings begin with +1 of their Science and Food yields. Production modifier increased from Research Agreements, Trade Agreements and Defensive Pacts.