Tbh amount of heat pipes is insane... I guess thats what the nerf meant to achieve. To multiply and create a heat pipe mesh to transfer heat for more efficient configurations.

Well it is possible to build large reactors without using too many heat pipes. My current design uses ~27 heat pipes per ...

Leander465 wrote:What about power output? How do I extract it from the steam engines

The design can only be used with the mod Factorissimo.
The "substation" at the entrance of each factory covers the entire building, so powerpoles are not necessary.

I just finished building a test Version of my own Nuclear Reactor. I think I might have gone a little bit too far (I don't think I will finish building it in my actual world, but who knows?).
Currently it features 24 nuclear reactors (and enough heatexchangers/turbines for them). I could add at ...