Blasting Lead and Uranium Ores in Create Nuclear
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Blasting in Create Nuclear enables high-temperature thermal refinement of raw lead and uranium ores into pure nuclear-grade ingots at twice the speed of standard furnaces.
Thermal Blasting Mechanics and Speed
Operating an industrial blast furnace accelerates mineral turnaround for expanding nuclear power plants:
- Construct a blast furnace and connect an automated hopper or mechanical chute to the upper item input.
- Insert fuel such as
Coal, charcoal, or lava buckets into the lower combustion chamber. - Feed unprocessed mineral chunks including
Raw Lead or mined blocks of 
Lead Ore into the blast furnace. - The high-temperature draft melts the mineral in five seconds (100 game ticks), yielding 1
Lead Ingot per ore. - Process deep subterranean ores like
Deepslate Lead Ore at identical speeds, bypassing the slow cook times of basic stone ovens. - Blasting handles high item throughput cleanly, preventing input backlogs from stalling automated mining networks.
- Automating coal hopper inputs keeps blast furnaces smelting continuously during multi-hour quarry excavation operations.
Blasting Crushed Minerals from Processing Lines
Pairing mechanical crushing wheels with blast furnaces unlocks enhanced mineral processing yields:
- Route raw ores through spinning crushing wheels to pulverize rocky matrixes into
Crushed Raw Lead. - Direct the pulverized Crushed Raw Lead directly into blast furnace input funnels.
- Blasting crushed mineral powders consumes half the operational fuel required when smelting unwashed ore blocks.
- Route output ingots onto brass conveyor belts to automatically pack finished metals into compact storage containers.
- Dual-funnel setups allow simultaneous processing of both raw lead chunks and deepslate lead ore blocks without jamming.
- Setting up multi-furnace blasting arrays adjacent to quarry lines keeps nuclear construction supplies topped off.
Safety and Factory Integration
Maintaining continuous smelting operations requires structured factory infrastructure:
- Insulate blast furnace chimneys to prevent thermal accumulation in underground workshops.
- Maintain separate conveyor lines for non-radioactive lead and hazardous raw uranium chunks.
- Venting blast furnace exhaust through industrial smoke pipes keeps factory air clean and prevents soot buildup around sensitive reactor controls.
- Reliable lead supplies ensure timely maintenance of reactor shielding and protective hazmat equipment.
Raw Uranium
Uranium Ore
Uranium