Preferably a game that can run on Linux (not a must). Tried Nucleares but it doesn't run well on Linux using the latest Proton. Looking to learn, in detail, about how NPP works through operating it.
Ask HN: Can you recommend a good nuclear power plant simulator?
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Re: Ask HN: Can you recommend a good nuclear power plant simulator?
#2Ok... a longshot (and it's not particularly detailed): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=11275...
Rimatomics is a mod for the strategy/base builder game Rimworld, adding nuclear reactors and real-world/fictional nuclear powered weapons. You can build your own reactor designs by connecting cores to heating and cooling lines, the heating line to a turbine and then a turbine into a power generator. The challenge comes less from meticulously managing the reactor, and more from protecting it during raids and disruptive events. It's not really a "study sim" so much as it's a satisfyingly complete nuclear reactor conversion mod, but I've had a few reactor-focused playthroughs that are very satisfying.
I've played probably a hundred hours with this mod on Linux and it's quite good. Your enjoyment will probably depend on whether the base game of Rimworld appeals to you though.
Re: Ask HN: Can you recommend a good nuclear power plant simulator?
#3Ok... a longshot (and it's not particularly detailed): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=11275... Rimatomics is a mod for the strategy/base builder game Rimworld, adding nuclear reactors and real-world/fictional nuclear powered weapons. You can build your own reactor designs by connecting cores to heating and cooling lines, the heating line to a turbine and then a turbine into a power generator.…
I know Rimworld and love it! I assume the mod is somehow similar to nuclear power management in Factorio?
Re: Ask HN: Can you recommend a good nuclear power plant simulator?
#4Well, there is Scram.
It's a historical nuclear reactor simulator released in 1981 and influenced by the Three Mile Island accident of 1979.
You can emulate it on Linux.
The developer doesn't consider it fun, but it was endorsed by Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Harold Denton.
https://thenewgamer.com/content/archives/gamephemera_scram_a...
Re: Ask HN: Can you recommend a good nuclear power plant simulator?
#5Ok... a longshot (and it's not particularly detailed): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=11275... Rimatomics is a mod for the strategy/base builder game Rimworld, adding nuclear reactors and real-world/fictional nuclear powered weapons. You can build your own reactor designs by connecting cores to heating and cooling lines, the heating line to a turbine and then a turbine into a power generator.…
I know Rimworld and love it! I assume the mod is somehow similar to nuclear power management in Factorio?
Then, you have Mindustry and its thorium reactors. IIRC, they don't need to be connected to turbines like in Factorio to generate power, however bad things (TM) happen if they are destroyed or if their coolant supply is disrupted...