Naquadah generator

An advanced reactor unit, which produces tremendous amounts of clean energy from small amounts of Naquadah -- a rare mineral not found in our own solar system. Earth was given Naquadah reactor technology by the Orbanians, and a workable prototype was developed at the S.G.C. by Samantha Carter.

The reactor's end use is as a Naquadah generator, which can be used to power a gate without a D.H.D. on another world for manual dial-out, and which are heavily relied upon by the Atlantis Expedition to power the Ancient city in the distant Pegasus Galaxy. A Naquadah generator can also be set to overload and cause a major explosion.