BWR OPERATIONAL CHEMISTRY TRAINING

INSTRUCTORS 

Al Jarvis | Senior Associate

Al Jarvis has over 40 year’s experience in the nuclear industry. In 21 years with Structural Integrity/Finetech (Finetech was acquired by Structural Integrity in 2015), his main responsibilities include a variety of utility-direct and EPRI projects, assessments and conceptual designs related to water chemistry (for both BWR and PWRs), source term (for both BWRs and PWRs), condensate polishing, reactor water cleanup, radwaste processing, and makeup water. Al worked at the FitzPatrick power plant for 14 years in the Chemistry Department as the Senior Engineer and Chemistry Manager. Additional plant roles included Shift Outage Manager and Refuel Floor Coordinator. Al has a BS in Chemical Engineering.

Michelle Mura – Technical Director, Operational Support Services

Michelle Mura has over 24 years of experience in the nuclear industry. She recently joined SI, after working at EPRI as a Senior Technical Lead in the Water Chemistry Control Team. Before that, Michelle worked for Exelon Nuclear and served as the selected EPRI BWR Fuel Reliability Program Technical Advisory Committee Vice Chairperson, Co-Chair of the Mitigation Monitoring Focus Group, Industry Lead for the PWR, BWR, and Fossil Condensate Polishing Sourcebook, and served on several other committees. Michelle received her ANSI 3.1 Senior Reactor Operator Certification from Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in 2012 and obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Leah Whiteker | Associate

Leah has over 18 year’s of experience in the nuclear industry. She joined Structural Integrity in 2024 after serving in her previous role as a Senior Chemist a Xcel Energy’s Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. In that position, Leah led several significant projects for the chemistry department, including the EPRI inline HPGE smart chemistry pilot, the replacement of the online reactor water ion chromatograph, and the installation of the groundwater remediation demineralizer. Additionally, she managed the fuel monitoring program and implemented EPRl’s mitigation and boiling water chemistry guidelines. Leah has a BS in Chemistry and an MBA.