Homogeneous reactor fueled with suspended particulate in the coolant

Claim 1

A NUCLEAR REACTOR UTILIZING A SETTLED PARTICULATE FUEL AND AN IMMISCIBLE COOLANT COMPRISING AN OUTER VERTICALLY ELONGATED CLOSED VESSEL, A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND A LIQUID CENTRIFUGE, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING ITS LOWER END OPEN AND BEING SUPPORTED WITHIN THE OUTER VESSEL SO THAT THE LOWER END THEREOF IS SPACED FROM THE LOWER END OF THE CLOSED VESSEL, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING A CONVERGING UPPER END, A TUBULAR PORTION EXTENDING UPWARD FROM THE CONVERGING UPPER END AND AT ITS TOP BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CENTRIFUGE, SAID CENTRIFUGE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE RADIAL TUBE COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER END OF THE TUBULAR PORTION AND AN ORIFICE PORTION AFFIXED TO THE OUTER END OF THE RADIAL TUBE IN TANGENTIAL, SUBSTANTIALLY, RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH, A COOLANT DUCT PASSING THROUGH A WALL OF THE OUTER VESSEL AND HAVING AN END PORTION SUPPORTED IN CO-AXIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER CONVERGED UPPER END TO PROVIDE A JET PUMP THEREWITH, DISCHARGE COOLANT DUCT MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID VESSEL, AND HATCH MEANS AT THE UPPER END OF THE VESSEL ADAPTED TO ADMIT NUCLEAR FUEL IN PARTICULATE FORM, AND DISCHARGE MEANS AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL.