Uranium Concentrate — Minecraft block

Uranium Concentrate

Uranium Concentrate is the mid-step of the Ala Industrial nuclear fuel chain: 1 Uranium Dust splits into 2 concentrate in the Thermal Centrifuge.

Block ID alaindustrial:uranium_shavings
Game versions
All versions

Description

Uranium Concentrate is the intermediate material of the nuclear fuel chain in Ala Industrial, a Java Edition mod for Minecraft 26.2: the Thermal Centrifuge splits 1 Uranium Dust into 2 Uranium Concentrate, spending 800 EU per operation at 4 EU per tick over 200 ticks. The Thermal Centrifuge is an LV machine (low voltage, up to 32 EU per tick) and never works alone: a hot Electric Heater must stand directly below, and a held redstone signal keeps the rotor spinning, so the pair draws 10 EU per tick together. Uranium ore is the rarest ore of the mod — roughly seven times rarer than diamond and densest around height −24 — so the doubling chain matters: the Macerator first turns one ore block into 2 Uranium Dust, and the Thermal Centrifuge splits each dust in two again.

Uranium Concentrate has exactly one consumer: the Compressor presses 2 Uranium Concentrate into 1 Enriched Uranium (U-235) for 260 EU, and Enriched Uranium is the core of the mod's Fuel Rods. A full processing line returns 2 Enriched Uranium from a single ore block — against one ingot from a plain furnace smelt — at a total chain cost of 2420 EU per ore. Ala Industrial runs identically on Fabric and NeoForge and exists only for the Java Edition, so Uranium Concentrate has no Bedrock form. Uranium Concentrate stacks to 64, which keeps the output buffer of the Thermal Centrifuge simple while the rotor spends another 400 spin-up ticks after every full stop.

Block properties

Item ID alaindustrial:uranium_shavings
/give command /give @p alaindustrial:uranium_shavings
Stackable Yes (64)
Java Edition 26.2

Guide

How to Make Uranium Concentrate in Ala Industrial

  1. 1

    Build the heater line

    Place an Electric Heater on the ground and put a Thermal Centrifuge directly on top of it: the Thermal Centrifuge takes heat only from the machine below.

  2. 2

    Power the machines and hold the signal

    Run an LV cable to the Thermal Centrifuge and flip a lever: a held redstone signal is the start button, and the rotor spins up for 400 ticks before the first operation.

  3. 3

    Feed Uranium Dust

    Put 1 Uranium Dust into the input slot of the Thermal Centrifuge: one operation costs 800 EU, runs 200 ticks, and leaves 2 Uranium Concentrate in the result slot.

  4. 4

    Press the pairs

    Move 2 Uranium Concentrate into the Compressor and pay 260 EU to press them into 1 Enriched Uranium — the fuel material for Fuel Rods.

Watch the power budget

The Thermal Centrifuge and the Electric Heater draw 10 EU per tick together, and a copper cable carries 12 EU per tick — one line already runs close to the limit. The lever is an honest master switch: the rotor loses its spin at once and needs the 400 ticks again.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Uranium Dust Uranium Dust x1
Thermal Centrifuge Thermal Centrifuge x1
Crafting
Uranium Dust
Thermal Centrifuge
Uranium Concentrate
2
Uranium Concentrate

Frequently asked questions

Can you smelt Uranium Concentrate in a furnace?

No. Uranium Concentrate is pressed, not smelted — the Compressor turns 2 concentrate into 1 Enriched Uranium. The furnace route belongs to Uranium Dust, which smelts into an ingot in the Electric Furnace only.

Does Uranium Concentrate emit radiation?

No. In the current version of Ala Industrial no form of uranium harms the player, so Uranium Concentrate is safe to carry and store while the fuel line is being built.

How much Uranium Concentrate does one ore block give?

Four. The Macerator turns one ore block into 2 Uranium Dust, and the Thermal Centrifuge splits each dust into 2 Uranium Concentrate — pressed in pairs, a single ore ends as 2 Enriched Uranium instead of one smelted ingot.

Is Uranium Concentrate available on Bedrock?

No. Ala Industrial is a Java Edition mod for Minecraft 26.2 that runs on Fabric and NeoForge; a Bedrock Edition version of the mod does not exist.

What is Enriched Uranium used for?

Enriched Uranium goes into Fuel Rods — one Enriched Uranium per rod. A Fuel Rod is the fuel of the reactor: it holds 144,000 EU and shows the remainder as durability.

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