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.

Drew Odell | Associate

Drew Odell has over 40 year’s of experience in the nuclear industry. He joined SIA in 2021 after retiring from Exelon (Constellation) after 39 years. His main areas of responsibility within Exelon included being assigned to the role of BWRVIP Integration Committee Chair for 7 years and being the Mitigation Committee Chair for a number of years prior to that. While at Exelon, Drew held various positions including: test engineer, results engineer, Chemistry Manager, Work Week Manager and BWR Technical Lead. Drew has visited many stations during his career, has authored papers for international conferences and has 2 US patents. Drew has a BS in Chemical Engineering and a MS in Environmental Engineering.

Dan Miller | Senior Consultant

Dan has over 40 year’s of experience in the nuclear industry. He joined SIA in 2018 after retiring from Talen Energy working at the Susquehanna Power Station. Dan held various positions at Susquehanna during his 17 years including Chemistry Support Supervisor and Senior Chemist. While at Susquehanna Dan served the BWRVIP as the Mitigation Committee Technical Chair. Prior to Susquehanna, Dan worked for PSEG at the Hope Creek and Salem stations. While there he performed oversight and support for both Salem and Hope Creek’s chemistry programs. Dan has a BS in Chemistry.