# Nuclear Power Plant

> Canonical source: [Nuclear Power Plant](https://satisfactorybase.com/wiki/buildings/nuclear-power-plant)
> Language: en

Consumes Nuclear Fuel Rods and Water to produce electricity for the power grid.

Produces Nuclear Waste, which is extracted via the Conveyor Belt output.

Caution: Always generates power at the set clock speed. Shuts down if fuel requirements are not met.

## Properties

- Entity type: Building
- Size (W×L×H): 12 × 42 × 8 m
- Clock speed adjustable: Yes
- Power generation: 2 500 MW

## Water consumption at 100%

- [Water](/wiki/items/water): 240 m³/min

## Fuels at 100% output

- [Uranium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/uranium-fuel-rod): 0.2/min
- [Plutonium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/plutonium-fuel-rod): 0.1/min
- [Ficsonium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/ficsonium-fuel-rod): 1/min

## Construction cost

- [Supercomputer](/wiki/items/supercomputer): 10
- [Heavy Modular Frame](/wiki/items/heavy-modular-frame): 25
- [Alclad Aluminum Sheet](/wiki/items/alclad-aluminum-sheet): 100
- [Cable](/wiki/items/cable): 200
- [Concrete](/wiki/items/concrete): 250

## Unlocked by

- [Nuclear Power](/wiki/schematics/nuclear-power): Milestone · Tier 8

## Technical Details

- Class name: Build_GeneratorNuclear_C
- Descriptor: Desc_GeneratorNuclear_C
- Native class: FGBuildableGeneratorNuclear
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Buildable/Factory/GeneratorNuclear/Build_GeneratorNuclear