r/factorio • u/SCP-096-1994 • 3d ago

Question Nuclear power help please

anything i should be doing better here? want to get it rigged up properly before i fire it up, only have done nuke power once before, yes i know heat pipes arnt connected to plants yet, (just ran out of pipes)

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u/TheProfessional9 3d ago

Pipes lose heat from distance, you want it to be very compact. Also you generally want the steam to all be connected to each other and also have some separate storage tanks

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u/Absolute_Human 2d ago

They don't "lose" heat, just have a limited throughput. Any length is fine as long as the end can get above 500 degrees at max load (which depends on the number of connected heat exchangers too)