US 4,357,209 AGranted

Nuclear divisional reactor

OwnerJohn L. Rugh II, deceased, Ailsa P. Rugh, administratrixinventors

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Abstract

A nuclear divisional reactor including a reactor core having side and top walls, a heat exchanger substantially surrounding the core, the heat exchanger including a plurality of separate fluid holding and circulating chambers each in contact with a portion of the core, control rod means associated with the core and external of the heat exchanger including control rods and means for moving said control rods, each of the chambers having separate means for delivering and removing fluid therefrom, separate means associated with each of the delivering and removing means for producing useable energy external of the chambers, each of the means for producing useable energy having separate variable capacity energy outputs thereby making available a plurality of individual sources of useable energy of varying degrees.

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Dependent claims

A nuclear divisional reactor including:

(a) a reactor core having side and top walls
(b) a closed nuclear reactor coolant circulating system for said reactor core and forming a part of said reactor core
(c) a heat exchanger substantially surrounding said core
(d) said heat exchanger including a plurality of separate fluid holding and circulating chambers each in contact with a portion of said core
(e) said closed nuclear reactor coolant circulating system for said reactor core being separate and independent from said plurality of separate fluid holding and circulating chambers of said heat exchanger surrounding said core
(f) control rod means associated with said core and external of said heat exchanger including control rods and means for moving said control rods
(g) each of said chambers having separate means for delivering and removing fluid therefrom
(h) separate means associated with each of said delivering and removing means for producing usable energy external of said chambers
(i) each of said means for producing usable energy having variable capacity energy output
(j) thereby making available a plurality of individual sources of usable energy of varying degrees.

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