Single pass superheat reactor

Claim 1

A DIRECT CYCLE BOILING FLUID REACTOR FOR CONVERTING FLUID TO SUPERHEATED VAPOR IN A SINGLE PASS THERETHROUGH, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, AMULTI-SECTION REACTOR CORE REGION, SAID REACTOR CORE REGION INCLUDING FISSILE ATOMIC FUEL MATERIAL OF UNIFORM ENRICHMENT, SAID FISSILE ATOMIC FUEL MATERIAL BEING UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT SAID REACTOR CORE REGION, INCLUDING EACH SECTION THEREOF, MEANS FOR PASSING FLUID THROUGH SAID CORE REGION AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLLING THE FLUID FEED FLOW RATE AND THE FLUID FEED TEMPERATURE, WHEREBY THE EXIT TEMPERATURE OF THE EMITTED VAPOR IS REGULATED AND THE FLUID IS CONVERTED TO SUPERHEATED VAPOR OF RELATIVELY CONSTANT EXIT ENTHAPLY, AND SEPARATE MEANS FOR PASSING FLUID THROUGH EACH SECTION OF SAID CORE REGION AND SEPARATE MEANS FOR PASSING NEUTRON ABSORBER-CONTAINING FLUID THROUGH EACH SECTION OF SAID CORE REGION, WHEREBY EACH SECTION CAN BE FILLED AND DRAINED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER THEREBY OBFIATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR MECHANICALLY OPERATED CONTROL MEANS.