Power production system

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POWER COMPRISING A NUCLEAR REACTOR HAVING A HEAT-PRODUCING CORE CONTAINED IN A PRESSURE TIGHT VESSEL, PASSAGEWAYS IN SAID CORE FOR THE FLOW OF A HEAT TRANSFER WORKING FLUID, A CHIMNEY IN SAID VESSEL EXTENDING ABOVE SAID CORE, A FIRST HYDROCARBON FLUID HAVING A HIGH BOILING POINT FILLING SAID VESSEL TO A LEVEL SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO COVER SAID CORE WHEREBY SAID FIRST FLUID PICKS UP HEAT FROM SAID CORE AND RISES IN SAID PASSAGEWAYS INTO SAID CHIMNEY, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A SECOND FLUID HAVING A BOILING POINT LOWER THAN THE BOILING POINT OF SAID FIRST FLUID INTO SAID CHIMNEY SO THAT SAID SECOND FLUID IS VAPORIZED BY CONTACT IN SAID CHIMNEY WITH SAID FIRST FLUID AND SAID FIRST FLUID IS COOLED CAUSING SAID COOLED FIRST FLUID TO RECIRCULATE THROUGH SAID CORE, MEANS FOR CONVERTING HEAT ENERGY TO ELECTRIC POWER, MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID VAPORIZED SECOND FLUID FROM SAID VESSEL TO SAID CONVERSION MEANS WHEREBY IT MAY BE USED TO GENERATE POWER, AND MEANS FOR CONDENSING AND RECIRCULATING SAID SECOND FLUID TO SAID CHIMNEY.