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3691318 
Technical Report 
Literature Review for Oxalate Oxidation Processes and Plutonium Oxalate Solubility 
Nash, CA 
2012 
NTIS/10570079 
GRA and I 
GRA and I 
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A literature review of oxalate oxidation processes finds that manganese(II)-catalyzed nitric acid oxidation of oxalate in precipitate filtrate is a viable and well-documented process. The process has been operated on the large scale at Savannah River in the past, including oxidation of 20 tons of oxalic acid in F-Canyon. Research data under a variety of conditions show the process to be robust. This process is recommended for oxalate destruction in H-Canyon in the upcoming program to produce feed for the MOX facility. Prevention of plutonium oxalate precipitation in filtrate can be achieved by concentrated nitric acid/ferric nitrate sequestration of oxalate. Organic complexants do not appear practical to sequester plutonium. Testing is proposed to confirm the literature and calculation findings of this review at projected operating conditions for the upcoming campaign. 
Oxalates; Plutonium odixes; Radioactive waste processing; Calcination; Canyons; Dissolution; Filtration; Fluorides; Ion exchange; Mixed oxide fuels; Oxalic acid; Precipitation; Solubility; Testing 
• Nitrate/Nitrite
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