# Ficsonium Fuel Rod

> Canonical source: [Ficsonium Fuel Rod](https://satisfactorybase.its-live.dev/wiki/items/ficsonium-fuel-rod)
> Language: en

Used as fuel for Nuclear Power Plants.
The power source that put FICSIT on the map. Literally. The crater is still there.

Caution: Moderately Radioactive.

## Properties

- Entity type: Item
- Form: solid
- Stack size: 50
- Energy: 150 000 MJ
- Radioactive: Yes
- Radioactive decay value: 1 000
- Can be discarded: Yes

## Produced by

### [Ficsonium Fuel Rod](/wiki/recipes/recipe-ficsoniumfuelrod-c)

24 s. [Quantum Encoder](/wiki/buildings/quantum-encoder)

[Ficsonium](/wiki/items/ficsonium): 2 per cycle; 5/min, [Electromagnetic Control Rod](/wiki/items/electromagnetic-control-rod): 2 per cycle; 5/min, [Ficsite Trigon](/wiki/items/ficsite-trigon): 40 per cycle; 100/min, [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter): 20 m³ per cycle; 50 m³/min → [Ficsonium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/ficsonium-fuel-rod): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min, [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue): 20 m³ per cycle; 50 m³/min.

## Used as generator fuel

- [Nuclear Power Plant](/wiki/buildings/nuclear-power-plant)

## Related items

- [Ficsonium](/wiki/items/ficsonium)
- [Electromagnetic Control Rod](/wiki/items/electromagnetic-control-rod)
- [Ficsite Trigon](/wiki/items/ficsite-trigon)
- [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter)
- [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue)

## Unlocked by

- [Peak Efficiency](/wiki/schematics/peak-efficiency): Milestone · Tier 9

## Technical Details

- Class name: Desc_FicsoniumFuelRod_C
- Native class: FGItemDescriptorNuclearFuel
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/FicsoniumFuelRod/Desc_FicsoniumFuelRod
- Resource form (export): RF_SOLID