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Title: Submerged passively-safe power plant

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868936

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 & G IDAHO INC
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 5247553
OSTI ID:
868936
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English