Overheating
All reactors are equipped with mechanisms to regulate the temperature to prevent both overheating and overcooling and in normal operation excessive temperature is not a risk. Damaged reactor may however lag behind, causing temperature to fall or rise above rated operating threshold.
Excessive temperature poses a great risk to the spaceship. Symptoms of overheat include:
- With low overheat risk of turbine galling.
- With moderate overheat risk of explosive reactor decompression.
- With severe overheat risk of meltdown.
Methods of preventing overheat:
- Maintaining fuel rod actuators in proper working order.