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If you want the reactor to be refueled automatically, among other things, consider checking the [[Automatic Reactor]] article. If you want an example of a finished reactor set-up instead (note this one has some extra features), you can get the Roblox model file [https://www.roblox.com/library/10583828499/Reactor here], then compile and load it in game. Unfortunately, code is not provided.
==== Bonus: Custom boilers and snow RTGs ====
Custom boilers are machines that utilize the ability to extract snow from the part and melt it to get water anywhere, which can be used for power generation.
In earlier versions of custom boilers, it was possible to melt water into steam, which could be collected with a container and fed into a steam turbine. (See "Diagram of an early custom boiler")
Water melting into steam has been patched in as of 1/13/2024, but you can still melt snow into water which means that it is possible to recreate a custom boiler by feeding water into a reactor.
It is also possible to cycle the uranium in the reactor, which prevents it from turning into NuclearWaste and allows infinite usage of the uranium.
This new version of a custom boiler is called a "snow RTG".
This is how a snow RTG works (See "Diagram of a snow RTG");
# A microcontroller turns on all dispensers in the machine.
# An extractor or mining lasers extracts snow.
# The snow is dispensed into a completely enclosed chamber. There is a long container on top and igniters on the bottom.
# The igniters are constantly activated by a transformer. As the water piles up, it touches the container and enters it.
# Snow melting into water is technically considered as the snow igniting. This means that nearby parts have a chance to ignite. However, because the container is long, the center is far away enough from the chamber that the container does not ignite.
# Using a flip flop polysilicon, a transformer, and 2 dispensers, uranium is constantly ejected and put back into the reactor. This removes the uranium before it is used enough to become NuclearWaste and puts it back in, which means it never has to refill on uranium.
# The water in the container is fed into the reactor, which produces steam for a steam turbine.
Due to the fact that snow RTGs require dispensers, it does not work when moving.
Also, if the snow RTG is not constructed in a specific way, new water spawns on top of old water in the chamber. The old water never touches the container and despawns, which causes significant water loss and hinders power production immensely.
The model code for a snow RTG which does not have this problem can be found [https://pastebin.com/raw/7FpSTAi3 here].
[[File:SnowRtgDiagram.png|thumb|Diagram of a snow RTG]]
Snow cannot be extracted from the part in Unstable, however steam turbines are planned to turn steam back into water so that it can be recycled, which will make water generation redundant anyway.[[File:CustomBoilerDiagram.png|thumb|alt=custom boiler|Diagram of an early custom boiler]]
=== Building a DarkMatter-based power generation setup ===
To finish off this article, we'll finally cover [[DarkMatter]] setups.
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