Patent ID: 6877309

Claim:
An apparatus for generating electrical power comprising: at least one nuclear-fueled motor for producing thrust having an inlet and an outlet; a rotatable shaft having a longitudinal axis, the at least one motor attached to said shaft and oriented such that the thrust produced by the at least one motor is in a perpendicular direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, resulting in the at least one motor traveling in a radial direction about the longitudinal axis of the shaft; a sealed containment structure comprising an operating gas for the at least one nuclear-fueled motor and enclosing the at least one nuclear-fueled motor and at least a portion of the rotatable shaft, said portion being in proximity to the at least one nuclear-fueled motor, wherein the operating gas for the at least one nuclear-fueled motor enters from and is exhausted to a common space within the sealed containment structure; and means operatively associated with said shaft for converting rotational motion of said shaft to electrical power.