Corrosion & Corrosion Control in LWRs

Course focuses on fundamentals, causes, and control of corrosion in light water reactors (LWRs), in such locations as BWR piping and internals, PWR steam generators, and PWR control-rod drive mechanisms. LWR corrosion forms covered include galvanic, de-alloying, crevice corrosion, pitting, IGA, corrosion fatigue, IGSCC, IASCC, and PWSCC. Course includes 350-page reference manual.

Duration: 2½-day course

Instructor: Barry Gordon

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Barry Gordon, PE has a MS in Metallurgy and Material Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and is also a Corrosion Specialist (NACE). Gordon has over 35 years of experience in materials corrosion behavior in nuclear power plant environments, and in fact developed and qualified hydrogen water chemistry (HWC) and co-patented zinc injection for stress corrosion cracking mitigation in BWRs. He is also an adjunct professor at the Colorado School of Mines.