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1. A floating nuclear power reactor, comprising:
a floating vessel having a bottom positioned beneath the water level of a body of water, sides extending upwardly from said bottom, and an upper end which is positioned above the water level of the body of water; a nuclear power reactor positioned on said vessel which extends upwardly from said bottom of said vessel; said nuclear power reactor including an upstanding containment structure having a lower end, an upstanding side wall, and an upper end; said upstanding containment structure defining a sealed interior compartment; said lower end and a lower portion of said upstanding side wall of said containment structure being positioned below the water level of the body of water; a first water passageway, having inner and outer ends, extending through one of said sides of said vessel and through said containment structure; said outer end of said first water passageway being in fluid communication with the body of water; said inner end of said first water passageway being in fluid communication with said interior compartment of said containment structure; a reactor vessel in said interior compartment of said containment structure; said reactor vessel being positioned below the water level of the body of water; a first hatch movably mounted on said side wall of said barge at said outer end of said first water passageway; said first hatch being movable between a closed position and an open position; means associated with said movable hatch which yieldably urges said hatch to said open position; said first hatch, when in said closed position, closing said outer end of said first water passageway; said first hatch, when in said open position, permitting water from the body of water to flow inwardly through said first water passageway into said interior compartment of said containment structure to cool said reactor vessel; a first latching means associated with said first hatch which is movable from a latched position to an unlatched position; said first latching means, when in said latched position, maintaining said first hatch in said closed position; said first latching means, when in said unlatched position, permitting said first hatch to move from said closed position to said open position; and a condition responsive actuator associated with said first latching means to move said first latching means from said latched position to said unlatched position upon the condition within said containment structure reaching a predetermined level. |
