Neutronic reactor power plant

Claim 1

A NEUTRONIC REACTOR POWER PLANT COMPRISING A GAS TURBINE, A COMPRESSOR DRIVEN BY THE TURBINE, AND A NEUTRONIC REACTOR COMPRISING A REACTOR VESSEL CONTAINING A REACTIVE COMPRISING COMMINGLED PEBBLES OF A MATERIAL FISSIONABLE BY NEUTRONS OF THERMAL ENERGY AND PEBBLES OF A MODERATING MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF TUBES DISPOSED VERTICALLY IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID VESSEL, AN INLET CHAMBER LOCATED ABOVE THE VESSEL, SAID INLET CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID TUBES, AN OULET CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID COMPRESSOR WITH SAID INLET CHAMBER, AN OUTLET CONDUIT CONNECTING THE LOWER END OF SAID TUBES WITH SAID GAS TURBINE, WHEREBY GAS IN COMPRESSED IN THE COMPRESSOR HEATED IN THE TUBES IN THE REACTOR VESSEL, AND THEN PASSED TO THE TURBINE WITHOUT PICKING UP FISSION FRAGMENTS IN THE REACTOR VESSEL, AN ANNULAR CHAMBER SURROUNDING SAID OUTLET CONDUIT BELOW SAID VESSEL AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF, A BY-PASS CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID INLET CHAMBER AND SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER, AND A PLURALITY OF TUBES FORMING A HEAT EXCHANGER IN SAID INLET CHAMBER IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID VESSEL WHEREBY A SECONDARY FLOW OF GAS PASSES UPWARDLY THROUGH THE REACTIVE MASS THEREBY COOLING THE REACTOR AND REMOVING FISSION PRODUCTS FROM THE REACTIVE MASS AND THEN GIVES UP ITS HEAT IN THE HEAT EXCHANGER.