Thermionic conversion nuclear reactor

Claim 1

A THERMIONIC CONVERSION NUCLEAR FUEL CELL COMPRISING A PAIR OF SIMILARLY SHAPED TERMIONIC CONVERSION ELEMENTS EACH CAPABLE OF CONVERTING HEAT DIRECTLY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS COMPRISING A CATHODE AND AN ANODE CONNECTED IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND ARRANGED IN CLOSELY SPACED OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP AND HAVING A PLASMA CHAMBER DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN, EACH OF SAID CATHODES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SURFACE AREA, AND EACH OF SAID ANODES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SURFACE AREA, MEANS FORMING A FLUID-TIGHT CLOSURE ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PLASMA CHAMBER, SAID ELEMENTS ARRANGED WITH AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE CATHODES DISPOSED IN OPPOSED CLOSELY SPACED RELATIONSHIP, A BODY OF NUCLEAR FUEL POSITIONED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID CATHODES, MEANS FOR JOINING SAID CATHODES TOGETHER FORMING A CLOSURE ABOUT SAID BODY OF FUEL, AND MEANS SEALINGLY ATTACHED TO THE PERIPHERY OF BOTH OF SAID ELEMENTS AND LOCATED OUTWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CATHODES THEREBY FORMING A SEALED COMPARTMENT ABOUT SAID CATHODES WHEREBY FISSION GASES RELEASED FROM SAID BODY OF NUCLEAR FUEL ARE CONTAINED WITHIN SAID THERMIONIC CONVERSION NUCLEAR FUEL CELL.