System usable in nuclear environment for providing breathing gas

A system structured for use in conjunction with an interior region of a nuclear environment, the interior region being at least partially enclosed, the system comprising:

• a reservoir having stored therein breathable gas whose stored condition is at least one of at a temperature less than the ambient temperature at the exterior of the reservoir and at a pressure greater than the ambient pressure at the exterior of the reservoir, the reservoir being structured to output a stream of the breathable gas responsive to a command;
• a control apparatus connected with the reservoir and structured to provide the command to the reservoir in a predetermined situation;
• a deployment system that is structured to receive the stream, the deployment system comprising
• a generation apparatus comprising a turbine and an electrical generator that are mechanically connected together, the turbine being in fluid communication with the reservoir and being structured to receive therethrough at least a portion of the stream and being, operable therefrom to cause the electrical generator to generate electrical power;
• wherein the deployment system further comprises a delivery system having an outlet that is in fluid communication with the interior region, the outlet being in fluid communication with the turbine and being situated downstream of the turbine, the outlet being, structured to deliver to the interior region at least a portion of the stream to provide breathable gas to the interior region;
• and
• wherein the deployment system further comprises a bypass leg, the bypass leg comprising a valve and a fluid passage, the valve being in fluid communication with the turbine and being situated between the turbine and the reservoir, fluid passage being in fluid communication between the valve and the outlet, the valve being structured to operate responsive to a number of instructions received from the control apparatus to divide the stream responsive to the number of instructions between the fluid passage and the generation apparatus.