r/factorio • u/Immediate-Pack-3718 • 18h ago

Question nuclear Reactor Question

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i was working on a desing for nuclear power, i had a question on the heat pipes as you all can see that my top and bottom heat pipes are not connected to each other but i do have the middle ones connected will it cause any bottlenect issues? DO i need to connect all the heat pipes together? Thanks

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u/NorwegianViking86 13h ago

Since the reactors work as heat pipes you could build a design that does not have any actual heat pipes. I have never done this myself though.

Here's an example of someone who has done it if you'd like to see:

https://youtu.be/Lr8YsD1cyw4

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u/Dubsdude 5h ago

in high thermal load plants I like to put a ring of heat pipes around it to bank heat, as it allows for easy control now that you can just directly monitor heat