Granted Patent B2

US 12,620,501 · App. 17/028,669 · Granted May 5, 2026

Inventors: Mathias Trojer (Brookline, MA); Justin Benjamin Lowrey (Newton, MA)

Assignee: Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.

G21D1/00B63B2035/4446

Abstract

Claims (38)

1 . A marine nuclear power installation, comprising:

a first plurality of pilings securable to a bed under a surface of a body of water;

a buoyant, first base structure, wherein the first base structure is adapted to be floated across the surface of the body of water into position and deballasted atop the first plurality of pilings, wherein the first base structure comprises:

at least three walls;

a first cantilevered ledge disposed along a first wall of the at least three walls; and

a second cantilevered ledge disposed along a second wall of the at least three walls,

wherein the first plurality of pilings support the first base structure at the first cantilevered ledge and the second cantilevered ledge;

a buoyant nuclear reactor module, wherein the nuclear reactor module is adapted to be floated across the surface of the body of water into position and deballasted onto the first base structure and wherein the nuclear reactor module is adapted to contain a nuclear reactor therein;

a plurality of seismic isolators disposed atop the first base structure, wherein the seismic isolators are disposed between the first base structure and the nuclear reactor module to dampen the transmission of vibrations from the first base structure to the nuclear reactor module; and

a lacuna disposed beneath the first base structure and between the first plurality of pilings, wherein the lacuna is surrounded at least in part by the first plurality of pilings, and wherein the nuclear reactor is configured to be lowered from the first base structure into the lacuna through an opening defined within the first base structure,

wherein the at least three walls form an artificial harbor to receive the nuclear reactor module therein.

2 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 1 , further comprising an aircraft impact protection structure adapted to be floated across the surface of the body of water into position and deballasted onto the first base structure,

wherein the aircraft impact protection structure is adapted to receive the nuclear reactor module therein, and

wherein the aircraft impact protection structure is adapted to withstand a force of an impact from an aircraft impingent thereon.

3 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 2 , wherein the aircraft impact protection structure comprises a door adapted to permit the nuclear reactor module to be inserted into the aircraft impact protection structure through the door.

4 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 1 , further comprising:

a jacket surrounding the nuclear reactor; and

a plurality of jacks;

wherein the plurality of jacks is configured to support the jacket, and

wherein the plurality of jacks is configured to lower the jacket and the nuclear reactor into the lacuna and raise the jacket and the nuclear reactor out of the lacuna.

5 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 1 , further comprising:

a power conversion module.

6 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 5 , further comprising:

a generator disposed in the power conversion module, wherein the generator generates electricity.

7 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 1 , further comprising:

a cooling module.

8 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 7 , wherein the cooling module comprises a cooling tower.

9 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sealed containment structure surrounding the nuclear reactor,

wherein the sealed containment structure is disposed within the nuclear reactor module.

10 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 1 , further comprising:

removable sheets disposable in the at least three walls to reduce forces imparted on the at least three walls from wave action.

11 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second plurality of pilings securable to the bed under the surface of the body of water;

a buoyant, second base structure, wherein the second base structure is adapted to be floated across the surface of the body of water into position and deballasted atop the second plurality of pilings; and

a buoyant power conversion module, wherein the power conversion module is adapted to be floated across the surface of the body of water into position and deballasted onto the second base structure and wherein the power conversion module is adapted to contain a generator therein.

12 . The marine nuclear power installation of claim 11 , further comprising:

a bridge connecting the nuclear reactor module to the power conversion module.

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References Cited (48)