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Nuclear reactor
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Build the real thing
3D print
3D-printed cutaway: core, rods, coolant
3D-print a cutaway reactor, or build one from card, and label the fuel core, control rods, coolant loop and turbine. Sliding the control rods in slows the reaction; pulling them out speeds it up.
- Cost
- $ · Under $25
- Time
- A few sessions
- Screens
- No screen needed
For the grown-up
A model only: printed or card parts, and nothing in this build is radioactive.
Build it in bricks
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Step-by-step brick booklets land one model at a time, starting with the Starter Five.
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