Nuclear reactors

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING SUPERHEATED STEAM FROM A NUCLEAR REACTOR TO A STEAM OPERATED POWER PLANT WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES A NUCLEAR REACTOR HAVING A CORE OF NEUTRON MODERATING MATERIAL HOUSING FUEL ELEMENTS, DUCT MEANS FOR CIRCULATING STEAM OVER SAID FUEL ELEMENTS TO REMOVE HEAT THEREFROM IN SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS OF THE CORE, SAID SECTIONS BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH ONE ANOTHER, A PLURALITY OF DESUPERHEATERS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DUCT MEANS BETWEEN SAID SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS OF THE CORE FOR RECEIVING STEAM AFTER IT HAS LEFT A SECTION AND PRIOR TO ITS ENTRY INTO A SUCCEEDING SECTION, DESUPERHEATER PUMP MEANS COUPLED TO EACH DESUPERHEATER TO SUPPLY CONDENSATE THERETO FROM THE POWER PLANT FOR EVAPORATION BY MIXING WITH STEAM IN THE DESUPERHEATER, MEANS CONVEYING SUPERHEATED STEAM FROM A FINAL SECTION OF THE CORE TO THE POWER PLANT, A CONDENSER FOR CONDENSING STEAM EXHAUSTED FROM SAID POWER PLANT, A FEED PUMP FOR CONVEYING CONDENSATE FROM THE CONDENSER BACK TO THE REACTOR, MEANS DIVIDING UP THE CONDENSATE FROM THE FEED PUMP INTO SEPARATE STREAMS, A HEAT EXCHANGER FOR HEATING THE CONDENSATE AND RAISING IT TO STEAM, MEANS CONVEYING THE STREAM OF CONDENSATE TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGER AND THENCE TO A FIRST SECTION OF THE CORE AND MEANS CONVEYING THE OTHER STREAMS OF CONDENSATE TO THE DESUPERHEATER PUMP MEANS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING SUPERHEATED STEAM FROM A NUCLEAR REACTOR TO A STEAM OPERATED POWER PLANT WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES A NUCLEAR REACTOR HAVING A CORE OF NEUTRON MODERATING MATERIAL HOUSING FUEL ELEMENTS, DUCT MEANS FOR CIRCULATING STEAM OVER SAID FUEL ELEMENTS TO REMOVE HEAT THEREFROM IN SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS OF THE CORE, SAID SECTIONS BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH ONE ANOTHER, A PLURALITY OF DESUPERHEATERS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DUCT MEANS BETWEEN SAID SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS OF THE CORE FOR RECEIVING STEAM AFTER IT HAS LEFT A SECTION AND PRIOR TO ITS ENTRY INTO A SUCCEEDING SECTION, DESUPERHEATER PUMP MEANS COUPLED TO EACH DESUPERHEATER TO SUPPLY CONDENSATE THERETO FROM THE POWER PLANT FOR EVAPORATION BY MIXING WITH STEAM IN THE DESUPERHEATER, MEANS CONVEYING SUPERHEATED STEAM FROM A FINAL SECTION OF THE CORE TO THE POWER PLANT, A CONDENSER FOR CONDENSING STEAM EXHAUSTED FROM SAID POWER PLANT, A FEED PUMP FOR CONVEYING CONDENSATE FROM THE CONDENSER BACK TO THE REACTOR, MEANS DIVIDING UP THE CONDENSATE FROM THE FEED PUMP INTO SEPARATE STREAMS, A HEAT EXCHANGER FOR HEATING THE CONDENSATE AND RAISING IT TO STEAM, MEANS CONVEYING THE STREAM OF CONDENSATE TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGER AND THENCE TO A FIRST SECTION OF THE CORE AND MEANS CONVEYING THE OTHER STREAMS OF CONDENSATE TO THE DESUPERHEATER PUMP MEANS.