Integral vapor generating and superheating neutronic reactor system

Claim 1

IN A DIRECT CYCLE NEUTRONIC REACTOR SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING GENERALLY TUBULAR VESSEL, A NUCLEAR CORE STRUCTURE SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID VESSEL, MEANS FOR HEATING A LIQUID WITHIN A FIRST PORTION OF SAID CORE TO PRODUCE A VAPOR-LIQUID MIXTURE, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST CORE PORTION FOR SEPARATING VAPOR FROM SAID VAPOR-LIQUID MIXTURE, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SEPARATING MEANS FOR SUPERHEATING SAID SEPARATED VAPOR WITHIN A SECOND PORTION OF SAID CORE, A FIRST EXTERNAL VAPOR UTILIZING MEANS FOR USING SAID SUPERHEATED VAPOR, A SUPERHEAT CONDUIT MEANS COUPLING SAID SUPERHEATING MEANS WITH SAID FIRST EXTERNAL VAPOR UTILIZING MEANS, MEANS COUPLING SAID UTILIZED SUPERHEATED VAPOR TO A THIRD PORTION OF SAID CORE FOR REHEATING SAID VAPOR, A FIRST CONDUIT MEANS DISPOSED IN BYPASSING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST EXTERNAL VAPOR UTILIZING MEANS FOR COUPLING THE OUTLET OF SAID SECOND CORE PORTION TO THE INLET OF SAID THIRD CORE PORTION, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS FOR REMOVING HEAT FROM VAPOR FLOWING THERETHROUGH, A SECOND EXTERNAL VAPOR UTILIZING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID THIRD CORE PORTION, A CONDENSING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SECOND EXTERNAL VAPOR UTILIZING MEANS, A SECOND CONDUIT MEANS DISPOSED IN A BYPASSING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SECOND VAPOR UTILIZING MEANS COUPLING SAID THIRD CORE PORTION TO SAID CONDENSING MEANS, AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID LAST-MENTIONED CONDUIT MEANS FOR REDUCING THE PRESSURE OF THE VAPOR FLOWING THERETHROUGH.