Patent Number: 043572090
Section: claims

1. A nuclear divisional reactor including: (a) a reactor core having side and top walls  (b) a closed nuclear reactor coolant circulating system for said reactor core and forming a part of said reactor core  (c) a heat exchanger substantially surrounding said core  (d) said heat exchanger including a plurality of separate fluid holding and circulating chambers each in contact with a portion of said core  (e) said closed nuclear reactor coolant circulating system for said reactor core being separate and independent from said plurality of separate fluid holding and circulating chambers of said heat exchanger surrounding said core  (f) control rod means associated with said core and external of said heat exchanger including control rods and means for moving said control rods  (g) each of said chambers having separate means for delivering and removing fluid therefrom  (h) separate means associated with each of said delivering and removing means for producing usable energy external of said chambers  (i) each of said means for producing usable energy having variable capacity energy output  (j) thereby making available a plurality of individual sources of usable energy of varying degrees.  (a) said reactor core includes a base, and  (b) said closed nuclear reactor coolant circulating system for said reactor core includes means at said reactor core base only for delivering and removing reactor coolant from said reactor core.  (a) each of said plurality of holding and circulating chambers extend outwardly from said core a distance at least approximately the width of said core.  (a) each of said plurality of holding and circulating chambers contact a portion of said side and top walls.  (a) each of said plurality of holding and circulating chambers contact a porton of said side walls.  (a) at least one of said plurality of holding and circulating chambers contact a portion of said side walls.  (a) least one of said plurality of holding and circulating chambers contacts a portion of said top and side walls.  (a) said holding and circulating chambers including different heat transfer compositions.  (a) one of said chambers includes H.sub.2 O and the other of said chambers another fluid.  (a) one of said chambers includes an organic fluid composition.  (a) one of said chambers includes an inorganic fluid.  (a) each of said means for producing useable energy includes a heat exchanger.  (a) each of said means for producing useable energy includes a turbine.  (a) each of said heat exchangers includes variable capacity energy control means.  (a) each of said turbines includes variable capacity energy control means.  (a) said core includes a bottom opening.  (a) said control rod means is associated with said bottom opening.  (a) means for cooling said core.  (a) said plurality of chambers includes four equal chambers radiating from about the central axis of said core. 2. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 3. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 4. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 5. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 6. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 7. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 8. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 9. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 8 and wherein: 10. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 8 and 11. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 8 and wherein: 12. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 13. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 14. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 12 and wherein: 15. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 13 and wherein: 16. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: 17. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 16 and wherein: 18. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and including: 19. A nuclear divisional reactor as in claim 1 and wherein: