High temperature, high power heterogeneous nuclear reactor

Claim 1

A HETEROGENEOUS GAS-COOLED NECULEAR REACTOR COMPRISING A PRESSURE CONTAINING VERTICALLY ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL METAL STATIONARY HOUSING AND A ROTATABLE NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE, SAID HOUSING SUPPORTING ADJACENT THE INNER SURFACE OF ITS TOP, BOTTOM AND LATERAL WALLS A THICK LAYER OF THERMAL INSULATING REFRACTORY MATERIAL, AND AGAINST THE INNER SURFACE OF THE REFRACTOR MATERIAL A THICK LAYER OF NEUTRON REFLECTING MATERIAL, SAID CORE BEING CYLINDRICAL IN HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTION AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DIRECTED FUEL ELEMENT SUPPORTING CHANNEL MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF SECTOR-SHAPED NEUTRON MODERATING ELEMENTS FILLING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID CHANNEL ELEMENTS AND BEING INTERLOCKED TOGETHER AND WITH SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS, SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS AND SECTOR ELEMENTS HAVING THEIR INNER ENDS SPACED FROM THE AXIS OF ROTATION TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL PLENUM, A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS LOOSELY SUPPORTED IN SAID FUEL CHANNEL MEMBERS, SAID CORE OUTER PERIPHERY AND SAID HOUSING REFLECTING MATERIAL INNER SURFACE BEING SPACED TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR DUCT, MEANS FOR URGING FLUID COOLANT INTO SAID CENTRAL PLENUM, OVER AND THROUGH SAID FUEL ELEMENTS AND OUT SAID ANNULAR DUCT TO TRANSFER HEAT ENERGY OUT OF SAID REACTOR.