Cutting apparatus for fuel basket containing spent nuclear fuel in heavy water reactor

Abstract

Proposed is a cutting apparatus for a fuel basket accommodating spent nuclear fuel of a heavy water reactor, wherein the apparatus includes a base, a vertical support arranged on one side of the base; a turn table arranged to be reciprocated between one side and an opposite side of the base and be horizontally rotatable on the base; a horizontal support arranged to extend from an upper-end of the vertical support in a horizontal direction toward the turn table; a side-cutting means arranged on the vertical support protruding toward the turn table for cutting a side welding bead of the fuel basket mounted on the turn table; and an upper-cutting means arranged on the horizontal support protruding toward the turn table for cutting an upper welding bead of the fuel basket mounted on the turn table.