Patent ID: 6597755
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G21C,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A device comprising:an underground vertical shaft having a top and a bottom; a nuclear reactor envelope suspended in said shaft at said top; a nuclear reactor in said envelope; an activatable release mechanism to release said nuclear reactor envelope when desired; whereby activating said release mechanism causes said nuclear reactor envelope and said nuclear reactor to fall down to said bottom of said shaft further comprising a drainage pipe having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being accessible from ground level and said lower end opening into a lower portion of said vertical shaft; flowable material located in said drainage pipe and adjacent to said upper end; an activatable gate abutting against said lower end, operably connected to said nuclear reactor, whereby falling of said nuclear reactor past said lower end activates said gate and causes said flowable material to flow through said drainage pipe into said vertical shaft on top of said nuclear reactor.