Semi-portable emergency cooling system for removing decay heat from a nuclear reactor

A nuclear power generating facility comprising:

• a composite fuel pool including a reactor cavity and a spent fuel pool fluidly connectable to the reactor cavity, the composite fuel pool at least partially containing a primary fluid;
• a nuclear reactor vessel positioned in the reactor cavity;
• a containment for housing the composite fuel pool and the nuclear reactor vessel;
• a first leg of a primary fluid heat exchange system fluidly connected to the composite fuel pool in a closed loop configuration, the first leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system being entirely, permanently housed within the containment;
• a first pump for circulating the primary fluid into, through and out of the first leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system, the first pump being permanently housed within the containment and having a first set of electrical leads for powering the first pump that is accessible from outside of the containment without entering the containment;
• a cooler situated outside of the containment;
• a second leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system fluidly connected to the cooler and extending from the cooler through a wall of the containment to a heat exchange interface permanently situated within the containment with the first leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system within the containment, the second leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system conveying a coolant fluid between the cooler and the heat exchange interface within the containment, the second leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system having a fluid coupling, disconnectable fitting situated and accessible outside the containment for connecting and disconnecting a first portion of the second leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system that is permanently situated within the containment to or from a second portion of the second leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system that is located outside the containment and connected to the cooler;
• a second pump for circulating the coolant fluid within the second leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system between the heat exchange interface and the cooler, the second pump having a second set of leads for powering the second pump;
• a portable electric generator situated outside the containment and having a connection to the second set of electrical leads for powering the second pump and a connection to the first set of leads for powering the first pump and the portable generator being connectable outside of the containment to the first set of leads and the second set of leads to power the first pump and the second pump through a disconnectable fitting;
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• at least one over the road vehicle for transporting the second portion of the second leg of the primary fluid heat exchange system that is connectable to the cooler and the portable generator.