Submerged passively-safe power plant

Patent Application · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:140432

Herring, J S

The invention as presented consists of a submerged passively-safe power station including a pressurized water reactor capable of generating at least 600 MW of electricity, encased in a double hull vessel, and provides fresh water by using the spent thermal energy in a multistage flash desalination process.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7799251
• Application Number: ON: DE94005169; PAN: 7-799,251
• OSTI ID: 140432
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
DESIGN
PWR TYPE REACTORS
REACTOR SAFETY
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS
UNDERWATER FACILITIES
DESALINATION REACTORS
ANCHORS
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
MOORINGS
TRANSPORT
INVENTIONS
DESALINATION
DESALINATION PLANTS