Laboratory reactor

Claim 1

A NUCLEAR REACTOR COMPRISING A CLOSED REACTOR CORE, SAID CORE COMPRISING A FUEL SOLUTION VESSEL, EXPERIMENTAL TUBES PASSING THROUGH SAID VESSEL, AQUEOUS URANYL SULFATE BEING PROVIDED IN SAID VESSEL AS THE FUEL SOLUTION, A CANOPY POSITIONED ABOVE SAID VESSEL, A THROUGH PASSING INTO SAID CANOPY FROM SAID VESSEL, BAFFLE MEANS AT THE XIT OF SAID THROAT, SAID THROAT AND SAID CANOPY FORMING AN ANNULAR OVERFLOW CONTAINER, DRAIN MEANS IN SAID CONTAINER CONNECTING TO SAID THROAT FOR THE SLOW RETURN OF CORE SOLUTION OVERFLOW TO SAID SOLUTION VESSEL, AND A CATALYTIC HYDROGENOXYGEN RECOMBINER POSITIONED IN SAID CANOPY ABOVE SAID BAFFLE MEANS, A CONTIGUOUS LEAD REFLECTOR-SHIELD ENCASING SAID CORE ASSEMBLY, A PLURALITY OF CONTROL ROD THIMBLES PASSING INTO SAID CORE, CONTROL RODS POSITIONED IN SAID THIMBLES INSIDE SAID CORE, SAID CONTROL RODS COMPRISING AT THEIR ENDS WITHIN SAID CORE A MATERIAL HAVING A HIGH THERMAL NEUTRON ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION AND LEAD REFLECTOR PLUGS POSITIONED IMMEDIATELY BEING SAID HIGH CROSS-SECTION MATERIAL, SAID LEAD PLUGS OPERATING IN SAID LEAD SHIELD TO PRESERVE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF SAID SHIELD, AND A TANK CONTAINING WATER AS A NEUTRON SHIELD, SAID CORE-REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY BEING POSITIONED ON IN SAID TANK.