Containment system for a plurality of nuclear reactor units

Claim 1

A PLANT FOR THE GENERATION OF SELF-MAINTAINING NUCLEAR FISSION REACTIONS BY MEANS OF NEUTRONS, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL REACTOR UNITS, BIOLOGICAL SHIELDS AND GAS-TIGHT ENVELOPES, EACH BIOLOGICAL SHIELD SURROUNDING A REACTOR UNIT AND EACH ENVELOPE SURROUNDING AT SAME DISTANCE THE ASSEMBLY OF A REACTOR UNIT AND ITS BIOLOGICAL SHIELD, SAID SHIELDS AND ENVELOPES CONSTITUTING DOUBLE WALLED PACKETS AROUND THE REACTOR UNITS TO PROTECT THE SURROUNDINGS AGAINST RADIATION AND CONTAMINATION BY RADIO ACTIVE PARTICLES, A GAS-HOLDER INCLUDING A GAS COLLECTING CHAMBER, AND A VESSEL CONTAINING A LOCKING LIQUID BODY HAVING TWO OPPOSITE ENDS, A PART OF SAID VESSEL ABOVE THE LIQUID SURFACE AT ONE END OF SAID LIQUID BODY BEING IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID GAS COLLECTING CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF PASSAGES EACH LEADING FROM THE SPACE CONFINED BETWEEN THE DOUBLE WALLS OF ONE OF SAID JACKETS TO A PART OF SAID VESSEL NEAR THE OTHER END OF SAID LIQUID BODY, A PAIR OF SPACED APART BREAKABLE MEMBRANES EACH SUPPORTED BY A LATTICE POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID PASSAGES TO SEAL THE PASSAGE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE PLANT, SAID LATTICES BEING POSITIONED ON THE SIDES OF THE MEMBRANES FACING AWAY FROM THE GAS-HOLDER, AND A PRESSURE COMPENSATING CONDUIT LEADING DIRECTLY FROM THE SPACE CONFINED BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF MEMBRANES TO SAID GASCOLLECTING CHAMBER.