Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.

Jin-Mok Hur

Young-Hwan Kim

Yung-Zun Cho

Hansoo Lee

Ik-Soo Kim

Sun-Seok Hong

Young-Soon Lee

A mechanical decladder for a spent nuclear fuel rod-cut includes 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; and a cutting module for slitting the nuclear fuel rod-cut while the nuclear fuel rod-cut is being moved by the hydraulic cylinder module. The opening and closing unit opens and closes the outlet of the basket in conjunction with a movement of the hydraulic cylinder module.

Mechanical decladder for spent nuclear rod-cuts

Disclosed herein is an apparatus for recovering residual salt from the reduced uranium metal. The apparatus comprising: an evaporating chamber accommodating mixed molten salt or a reduced uranium metal; a heating furnace surrounding the evaporating chamber to heat the mixed molten salt in the evaporating chamber; an insulator disposed over the evaporating chamber to block heat generated from the evaporating chamber, and including an evaporating pipe in a center thereof to move vapor generated from the evaporating chamber; a receiver disposed over the insulator to collect powder formed by condensing and solidifying vapor passing through the evaporating pipe; and a condenser disposed over the receiver to prevent the vapor passing through the evaporating pipe from leaking out of the apparatus.

Apparatus for recovering residual salt from the reduced uranium metal

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Seoul, South Korea

Jin-Mok Hur