diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
index 1dbc0eb9cd..3c4ae72413 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
@@ -729,10 +729,10 @@ GENETICS SCANNER
 				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[target] is empty!</span>")
 
 		if(cached_scan_results && cached_scan_results["fusion"]) //notify the user if a fusion reaction was detected
-			var/fusion_power = round(cached_scan_results["fusion"], 0.01)
-			var/tier = fusionpower2text(fusion_power)
+			var/instability = round(cached_scan_results["fusion"], 0.01)
+			var/tier = instability2text(instability)
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>Large amounts of free neutrons detected in the air indicate that a fusion reaction took place.</span>")
-			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Instability of the last fusion reaction: [fusion_power]\n This power indicates it was a [tier] reaction.</span>")
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Instability of the last fusion reaction: [instability]\n This power indicates it was a [tier] reaction.</span>")
 	return
 
 /obj/item/analyzer/proc/scan_turf(mob/user, turf/location)
@@ -783,10 +783,10 @@ GENETICS SCANNER
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='info'>Temperature: [round(environment.return_temperature()-T0C, 0.01)] &deg;C ([round(environment.return_temperature(), 0.01)] K)</span>")
 
 		if(cached_scan_results && cached_scan_results["fusion"]) //notify the user if a fusion reaction was detected
-			var/fusion_power = round(cached_scan_results["fusion"], 0.01)
-			var/tier = fusionpower2text(fusion_power)
+			var/instability = round(cached_scan_results["fusion"], 0.01)
+			var/tier = instability2text(instability)
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>Large amounts of free neutrons detected in the air indicate that a fusion reaction took place.</span>")
-			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Power of the last fusion reaction: [fusion_power]\n This power indicates it was a [tier]-tier fusion reaction.</span>")
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Power of the last fusion reaction: [instability]\n This power indicates it was a [tier]-tier fusion reaction.</span>")
 
 /obj/item/analyzer/ranged
 	desc = "A hand-held scanner which uses advanced spectroscopy and infrared readings to analyze gases as a distance. Alt-Click to use the built in barometer function."