Mechanical decladder for spent nuclear rod-cuts

A mechanical decladder for a nuclear fuel rod-cut, comprising:

• an opening and closing unit configured to open and close an outlet of a basket into which the nuclear fuel rod-cut is loaded;
• a supporter on which the nuclear fuel rod-cut discharged from the outlet of the basket is seated;
• a hydraulic cylinder module configured to move the nuclear fuel rod-cut seated on the supporter;
• a plurality of cutting modules for slitting the nuclear fuel rod-cut while the nuclear fuel rod-cut is being moved by the hydraulic cylinder module;
• and
• a rotatable housing module to which the plurality of the cutting modules are mounted, the rotatable housing module being rotatable about a rotation axis thereof,
• wherein the opening and closing unit opens and closes the outlet of the basket in conjunction with a movement of the hydraulic cylinder module, and
• wherein a part of the plurality of the cutting modules is placed in an operating position corresponding to the supporter and the hydraulic cylinder module in a cutting direction of the nuclear fuel rod-cut by a rotation of the rotatable housing module.

A mechanical decladder for a nuclear fuel rod-cut, comprising:

• an opening and closing unit configured to open and close an outlet of a basket into which the nuclear fuel rod-cut is loaded;
• a supporter on which the nuclear fuel rod-cut discharged from the outlet of the basket is seated;
• a hydraulic cylinder module configured to move the nuclear fuel rod-cut seated on the supporter;
• a plurality of cutting modules for slitting the nuclear fuel rod-cut while the nuclear fuel rod-cut is being moved by the hydraulic cylinder module;
• and
• a rotatable housing module to which the plurality of the cutting modules are mounted, the rotatable housing module being rotatable about a rotation axis thereof,
• wherein the opening and closing unit opens and closes the outlet of the basket in conjunction with a movement of the hydraulic cylinder module,
• wherein a part of the plurality of the cutting modules is placed in an operating position corresponding to the supporter and the hydraulic cylinder module in a cutting direction of the nuclear fuel rod-cut by a rotation of the rotatable housing module,
• wherein a casing of at least one of the cutting modules has an opening therein, and
• wherein the opening in the casing is placed downward of blades when the at least one of the cutting modules is placed in the operating position.