# Uranium Fuel Rod

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

Used as fuel for Nuclear Power Plants.

Caution: Produces radioactive Uranium Waste when consumed.
Caution: Moderately Radioactive.

## Properties

- Entity type: Item
- Form: solid
- Stack size: 50
- Sink points: 43 468
- Energy: 750 000 MJ
- Radioactive: Yes
- Radioactive decay value: 50
- Can be discarded: Yes

## Produced by

### [Alternate: Uranium Fuel Unit](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-nuclearfuelrod-1-c)

300 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer)

[Encased Uranium Cell](/wiki/items/encased-uranium-cell): 100 per cycle; 20/min, [Electromagnetic Control Rod](/wiki/items/electromagnetic-control-rod): 10 per cycle; 2/min, [Crystal Oscillator](/wiki/items/crystal-oscillator): 3 per cycle; 0.6/min, [Rotor](/wiki/items/rotor): 10 per cycle; 2/min → [Uranium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/uranium-fuel-rod): 3 per cycle; 0.6/min.

### [Uranium Fuel Rod](/wiki/recipes/recipe-nuclearfuelrod-c)

150 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer)

[Encased Uranium Cell](/wiki/items/encased-uranium-cell): 50 per cycle; 20/min, [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam): 3 per cycle; 1.2/min, [Electromagnetic Control Rod](/wiki/items/electromagnetic-control-rod): 5 per cycle; 2/min → [Uranium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/uranium-fuel-rod): 1 per cycle; 0.4/min.

## Used as generator fuel

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

## Related items

- [Encased Uranium Cell](/wiki/items/encased-uranium-cell)
- [Electromagnetic Control Rod](/wiki/items/electromagnetic-control-rod)
- [Crystal Oscillator](/wiki/items/crystal-oscillator)
- [Rotor](/wiki/items/rotor)
- [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam)

## Unlocked by

- [Nuclear Power](/wiki/schematics/nuclear-power): Milestone · Tier 8
- [Alternate: Uranium Fuel Unit](/wiki/schematics/alternate-uranium-fuel-unit): Hard Drive alternate

## Tools

- [Satisfactory Uranium Locations & Map](/resources/uranium)

## Guides

- [Alternate recipes and Hard Drives](/guides/alternate-recipes)

## Technical Details

- Class name: Desc_NuclearFuelRod_C
- Native class: FGItemDescriptorNuclearFuel
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/NuclearFuelRod/Desc_NuclearFuelRod
- Resource form (export): RF_SOLID