It was developed based on theoretical and practical design specs created by Nikola Tesla, as its name implies. Unlike its predecessor, which was a simple conventional power plant that was practically identical to its Allied counterpart, the Tesla reactor is an USSR patented device that used a pure and regenerative energy loop of electricity to provide power for Soviet bases. It shares many similarities with an earlier creation, the Tesla coil, but differs significantly: where the Tesla coil was a barely contained open circuit of electricity, the Tesla reactor was a well grounded closed circuit.