Neutronic reactor

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION; A NEUTRONIC REACTOR INCLUDING A MODERATOR, A PLURALITY OF APRALLEL TUBE MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE MODERATOR, A PLURALITY OF BODIES CONTAINING THERMAL-NEUTRON-FISSIONABLE MATERIAL LOCATED IN EACH TUBE MEANS, THE INSIDE OF EACH TUBE MEANS AND THE BODIES LOCATED THEREIN BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER SO AS TO PROVIDE ROOM FOR TRAVEL OF A LIQUID COOLANT LENGTHWISE OF AND WITHIN THE TUBE MEANS; MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH TUBE MEANS ADJACENT TO AND INWARD OF ONE END THEREOF FOR INTRODUCING LIQUID COOLANT TO THE TUBE MEANS AND THE BODIES THEREIN; MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH TUBE MEANS ADJACENT TO AND INWARD OF THE OTHER END THEREOF FOR WITHDRAWING LIQUID COOLANT FROM THE TUBE MEANS; VALVES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH TUBE MEANS CLOSER TO THE ENDS THEREOF THAN THE AFOREMENTIONED TWO MEANS FOR PREVENTING ESCAPE OF LIQUID COOLANT FROM THE ENDS OF THE TUBE MEANS; A LOADING DEVICE SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE FROM ONE END OF EACH OF THE TUBE MEANS FOR PUSHING BODIES OF THE AFORESAID TYPE INTO THE TUBE MEANS; AN UNLOADING DEVICE SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OTHER END OF THE SAME TUBE MEANS ENGAGED BY THE LOADING DEVICE FOR RECEIVING BODIES BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE TUBE MEANS BY THE BODIES BEING PUSHED HEREINTO BY THE LOADING DEVICE; THE VALVES OF EACH TUBE MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE OPENED AT THE TIME OF ENGAGEMENT OF THE LOADING AND UNLOADING DEVICES WITH THE TUBE MEANS; WHEREBY LIQUID COOLANT MAY CONTINUE TO BE INTRODUCED TO AND WITHDRAWN FROM A GIVEN TUBE MEANS DURING LOADING AND UNLOADING THEREOF AS AFORESAID BECAUSE OF LOCATION OF THE COOLANTINTRODUCING MEANS AND -WITHDRAWING MEANS INWARD OF THE ENDS OF THE GIVEN TUBE MEANS.