Big Reactors efficiency script

-- keeps reactor working efficiently at all times; increases power load when necessary, goes idle at 90% power until below 10%

local function findPeripherals() --searches around for reactor so the computer doesn't have to be placed in a particular way
  local reactor,terminal --also searches for a terminal glasses terminal
  for k,v in pairs(rs.getSides()) do
    if (peripheral.getType(v) == "BigReactors-Reactor") then
      reactor = peripheral.wrap(v)
      print(reactor)
      print('reactor found!')
      break
    elseif (peripheral.getType(v) == "openperipheral_glassesbridge") and (not terminal) then
      terminal = peripheral.wrap(v)
    end
  end
  return reactor, terminal
end


local reactor,terminal=findPeripherals()

local deltaPower,curPower,oldPower,controlRodLevel,powerMode,secondsWorked=0,0,0,100,0,0

print(not reactor)

powerMode = reactor.getEnergyStored()<9000000

local function reactorActivities()
  term.clear()
  secondsWorked=secondsWorked+1
  print('Yes, I am working. Total time: ' .. secondsWorked .. ' steps.')
  oldPower=curPower
  curPower=reactor.getEnergyStored()
  controlRodLevel=controlRodLevel>100 and 100 or controlRodLevel<0 and 0 or controlRodLevel
  if curPower>9000000 then
    powerMode=false
  elseif curPower<1000000 then
    powerMode=true
  end
  if powerMode then
    deltaPower=curPower-oldPower
    --let's add some derivative to this sos it doesn't go quite so slow at slower intervals
    local deltaControlRodLevel=deltaPower<0 and math.floor(deltaPower/1000) or deltaPower>100 and math.ceil(deltaPower/1000) or 0
    controlRodLevel = controlRodLevel+deltaControlRodLevel
    if curPower<10000 then
     controlRodLevel=0
    end
    reactor.setAllControlRodLevels(controlRodLevel)
  else
    reactor.setAllControlRodLevels(100)
    print("Reactor's nearly full.")
    print("Current status: off.")
  end
end

local function terminalActivities()
  terminal.clear()
  local wastePercent=reactor.getWasteAmount()/reactor.getFuelAmountMax()
  local fuelPercent=(reactor.getWasteAmount()+reactor.getFuelAmount())/reactor.getFuelAmountMax()
  terminal.addBox(5,5,100,10,0xcc0000,0.8)
  terminal.addBox(5,5,math.floor(curPower/100000),10,0x00cc00,0.8)
  terminal.addBox(105,5,10,100,0xcccccc,0.8)
  terminal.addBox(105,5,10,controlRodLevel,0x303030,0.8)
  terminal.addBox(5,20,100,10,0x303030,0.8)
  terminal.addBox(5,20,math.min(math.floor(100*fuelPercent),100),10,0xcccc00,0.8)
  terminal.addBox(5,20,math.min(math.floor(100*wastePercent),100),10,0x00cccc,0.8)
end

interval=tonumber(...)

if interval then
    if interval<0.5 then
        interval=0.5
    end
else
    interval=2
end

while reactor.getConnected() do
  if interval then os.startTimer(interval) end
  local event = {os.pullEvent()}
  reactorActivities()
  if terminal then
    terminalActivities()
  end
end