High energy particle beam dump and heat sink

Claim 1

A BEAM DUMP FOR ABSORBING AND DISSIPATING THE ENERGY AND RADIATION OF A HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE BEAM COMPRISING; (A) AN ELONGATED ENCLOSED CYLINDRICAL VESSEL DEFINING THEREIN FRONT AND REAR ENCLOSED CHAMBERS; (B) A BAFFLE PLATE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SERIES OF ENCLOSED SPACED PARALLEL PLATES DISPOSED WITIN SAID REAR CHAMBER, SAID PARALLEL PLATES HAVING PRESELECTED PORTIONS REMOVED THEREFROM TO PROVIDE A COUNTER CURRENT FLOW PATTERN FOR SAID FLUID MEDIUM FROM AN INLET TO AN OUTLET THEREOF; (C) FLUID CIRCULATING PIPE MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FRONT ENCLOSED VOLUME IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTLET OF SAID BAFFLE PLATE ASSEMBLY AND ADAPTED TO CIRCULATE SAID FLUID MEDIUM WITHIN SAID FRONT CHAMBER IN A ROTATING AXIALLY CONVERGING FLOW PATTERN; (D) PRIMARY COOLANT-FLUID CIRCULATING MEANS EXTERNAL OF SAID TANK INTERCONNECTING SAID REAR CHAMBER AND SAID FLUID CIRCULATING PIPE MEANS TO CIRCULATE SAID FLUID MEDIUM THROUGH SAID BAFFLE PLATE ASSEMBLY AND SAID FRONT CHAMBER; AND (E) WINDOW MEANS DISPOSED TO ALLOW AXIALLY ORIENTED PASSAGE OF SAID HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE BEAMSS INTO SAID FRONT CHAMBER TO INTERACT WITH SAID FLUID IN A REGION DISPOSED ALONG A PATH EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID BAFFLE PLATE ASSEMBLY.