Atomic power plant

Claim 1

POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PRIMARY ELECTRON SOURCE OF ELECTRONS OF HIGH POTENTIAL; MEANS FOR TRANSFORMING THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS FROM SAID SOURCE INTO A UNI-DIRECTIONAL CURRENT IN A CONDUCTINGG MEDIUM; SAID MEANS COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE SHIELD SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID SOURCE; MEANS FOR KEEPING SAID SHIELD AT A NEGATIVE POTENTIAL SUFFICIENT TO ARREST AND COLLECT SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF THE ELECTRONS EMANATING FROM SAID PRIMARY SOURCE; RETURN MEANS FOR RETURNING COLLECTED ELECTRONS FROM SAID SHIELD TO SAID SOURCE; AND POWER RECEIVING MEANS ADAPTED TO DERIVE POWER FROM THE CURRENT FLOWING IN SAID RETURN CONDUCTOR MEANS, SAID CONDUCTIVE SHIELD INCLUDING A SERIES OF SHIELD ELEMENTS; THE FIRST ELEMENT BEING ADJACENT TO AND SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID PRIMARY ELECTRON SOURCE; EACH SUCCEEDING SHIELD ELEMENT ENCLOSING ALL THE PREVIOUS ONES; SAID RETURN CONDUCTOR MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN PREDETERMINED POTENTIALS IN ALL SAID SHIELDS; EACH SHIELD BEING KEPT AT A PREDETERMINED NEGATIVE POTENTIAL WITH RESPECT TO THE ADJACENT SHIELD INSIDE IT; SAID POWER RECEIVING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO GENERATE COUNTER ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES IN SAID RETURN CONDUCTOR MEANS; SAID COUONTER ELECTRO-MOTIVE FORCES BEING THE CHIEF AGENT MAINTAINING SAID PREDETERMINED CONTROLLED NEGATIVE POTENTIAL.