Uranium

Uranium is an ore that can be obtained from resource nodes, Lizard Doggos and limited quantity mineable clusters, and is used to make Nuclear Fuel Rods. It gives off radiation.

Radiation
Currently, Radiation can be received from Uranium, Uranium Nodes and deposits, Nuclear Fuel Rods, Uranium Cells and Nuclear Waste. While Radiation is in effect, the screen will become slightly distorted and it will make noises (and beep when it's extremely strong).

Items on Conveyor Belts also radiate, but at lesser levels. Storage Containers radiate the most as they can contain a lot of radioactive items.

Radiation from items in miners/containers/belts or when dropped on the ground damages very slowly (around 2 health points per minute), but picking it up will kill the Engineer in a short time. Holding 2 uranium ores in the inventory will kill the engineer in 20 seconds(25% radiation level). Other creatures such as Stingers or Lizard Doggos seem to ignore Radiation completely, as they take no radiation damage.

In Tier 7, Hazmat Suit can be unlocked alongside nuclear power. Having the suit on won't stop the noises, but will protect the Engineer against any Radiation damage.

Radiation levels
When the Engineer enters an area contaminated by Radiation, a bar will appear near the top-center of the game screen indicating the severity of Radiation. Strangely, the bar will become full when the radiation level reaches 26.7%.
 * a = standing on top of a single uranium ore
 * b = standing beside a belt of uranium
 * c = holding 2 uranium ores in inventory (the amount obtained from 1 cycle of hand-mining)
 * d = standing beside a uranium miner with full output and connected to a belt

The maximum radiation can kill the engineer in 5 seconds. When a hazmat suit is equipped with filters in inventory, it will consume the filter at maximum rate which is 1 filter every 12 seconds. The filter lasts 2.4 times as the time to death without hazmat suit.

The amount of Radiation depends on a few factors:
 * Uranium nodes and deposits give off maximum radiation.
 * Items held in the Engineer's inventory give very high radiation.
 * Items on the ground radiate moderately.
 * Items in inventories of buildings give lesser radiation, however at the storage full capacity, containers can emit powerful radiation even at long range. Storage containers or industrial storage containers always emit 100% radiation at close range, killing the engineers in 5 seconds no matter how many of them are stacked.
 * The range of radiation emitted by stacked industrial storage containers are as follows:
 * Radiation from conveyor belt transporting uranium, measured by standing beside the belt:

Obtaining
Uranium can be harvested by hand (not advised, it will damage you severely), by placing a miner on a resource node, or rarely collected by a tamed Lizard Doggo.

Usage

 * Used to craft