Semi Submersible Nuclear Power Plant and Multipurpose Platform
Disclosed is an offshore, manned, scalable, modular, floating, moored, nuclear power generating plant and multipurpose platform. The present invention is comprised of a Main Plant Control Deck, Central Plant Deck, and submerged Reactor-Generator Deck(s) integrated into the structure of a Spar or Cell Spar Platform. The Reactor-Generator decks are comprised of a plurality of modular, Naval Nuclear Pressurized Water Reactor Modules. Electricity generated is transmitted via submarine High Voltage Direct Current Cables to shore. Ancillary, co-generated services, e.g. desalinated water, are transmitted to shore via submarine pipelines. Multipurpose Topside Decks house vessel command, crew, and any ancillary and co-generation equipment. The present invention, constructed in a multi-path manufacturing process, provides exceptional economic, environmental, sustainability, security, safety, and operational advantages over the current art of power generation.
1 . An offshore floating, moored, nuclear power generating plant, with a plurality of compact naval nuclear reactor-generators for operation, and integrated within submerged hull of a spar, cell spar, or similar semi submersible platform, buoyantly suspended in a large body of water, comprising:
At least one (1) watertight deck housing all control room equipment required to operate a nuclear power plant employing a plurality of reactor-generators,
At least one watertight deck housing required platform support mechanical equipment,
At least one (1) elevator shaft/mechanical chase,
At least one (1) submerged watertight deck containing a plurality of naval nuclear reactor-generator modules,
said modules comprised of one (1) secondary shield containment submodule, and one (1) unshielded submodule,
said secondary shield containment submodule comprised of at least one shielded nuclear pressurized water reactor, one steam generator, one pressurizer, one circulating pump, and any ancillary equipment and piping customarily employed in secondary shield containment modules installed in naval nuclear powered vessels, and said unshielded submodules comprised of at least one turbine generator, one steam condenser, two (2) circulating pumps, and any ancillary equipment and piping customarily employed in naval nuclear power plants installed in naval nuclear vessels.
2 . Any and all spar, cell spar, or similar offshore platform rigs, incorporating a plurality of nuclear reactor-generators in the submerged portion of the structure of said rigs to produce electricity for export.