Water boiler reactor

Claim 1

A HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTOR SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A SEALED REACTOR VESSEL DEFINING A CYLINDRICAL CAVITY THEREIN, A QUANTITY OF AN AQUEOUS NUCLEAR FUEL IN THE LOWER PART OF SAID CAVITY SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A CONDITION OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY AND FILING SAID LOWER PART OF SAID CAVITY TO A HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID CAVITY, HEAT EXCHANGER MEANS IN SAID LOWER PART OF SAID CAVITY, A RING SHAPED HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL COOLANT MEMBER IN THE UPPER PART OF SAID CAVITY, THE OUTER WALL OF SAID COOLAND MEMBER BEING OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CAVITY TO DEFINE THEREWITH AN ANNULAR SPRAY CONDENSING PASSAGE, SAID COOLANT MEMBER EXTENDING DOWN FROM THE TOP OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE HEIGHT OF SAID CAVITY AND TERMINATING ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FUEL TO DEFINE THEREBETWEEN A VAPOR REGION EXTENDING ACROSS SAID CAVITY, THE INNER WALL OF SAID COOLANT MEMBER DEFINING A REFLUX CONDENSER CHANNEL CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID VAPOR REGION, A FIRST COOLANT MEANS IN SAID REFLUX CONDENSER CHANNEL, SAID INNER WALL OF SAID COOLANT MEMBER AND SAID COOLANT MEANS THEREIN DEFINING A RETURN VAPOR PASSAGE EXTENDING FROM THE TOP OF SAID REFLUX CONDENSER CHANNEL TO SAID VAPOR REGION MEANS FOR CIRCULATING COOLANT THROUGH SAID COOLANT MEMBER, A SECOND COOLANT MEANS LOCATED IN SAID SPRAY CONDENSING PASSAGE, SAID SECOND MEANS BEING DISPOSED TO DEFINE AN EXIT VAPOR PASSABE EXTENDING FROM SAID VAPOR REGION TO THE TOP OF SAID CAVITY, MEANS EXTERNAL TO SAID VESSEL FOR THE CATALYTIC RECOMBINATION OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ESCAPING FROM SAID FUEL AS A RESULT OF RADIOLYTIC DISSOCIATION, SAID RECOMBINATION MEANS HAVING AN INPUT CONNECTED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID VAPOR EXIT PASSAGE AND AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID RETURN VAPOR PASSAGE AND INCLUDUING MEANS FOR CIRCULATING VAPORS, A BAFFLE IN SAID VAPOR REGION BELOW THE LOWER END OF SAID VAPOR RETURN PASSAGE FOR DIRECTING VAPORS ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF SAID COOLANT MEMBER TO THE LOWER END OF SAID VAPOR EXIT PASSAGE, AND MEANS OUTSIDE SAID VESEL FOR CIRCULATING COOLANTS THROUGH SAID HEAT EXCHANGER, SAID COOLANT MEMBER, AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND COOLANT MEANS.