PWR OPERATIONAL CHEMISTRY TRAINING

INSTRUCTORS 

Wayne Gibson
Chemistry Senior Consultant

Mr. Gibson has over 13 years of experience in the power industry, with much of his focus on nuclear power plant operational chemistry. He specializes in primary, secondary, closed cooling water, and open cooling water system chemistry within PWRs and BWRs. He has industry experience providing chemistry training in various topics at PWRs, BWRs, CANDUs, and fossil plants. Mr. Gibson has supported and led projects in areas of PWR zinc application, primary system pH control, post-accident sampling system elimination, steam generator replacement projects, PWR polyacrylic acid (PAA) dispersant application, radiation source term reduction, PWR resin optimization, PWR and BWR cycle and shutdown chemistry control, PWR/CANDU steam generator hideout return analyses, AP-1000 hot functional testing chemistry support, PWR primary to secondary leakage, and raw water and secondary system chemical addition programmatic changes. He has authored numerous papers and assessments associated with these topics and other applicable chemistry and engineering areas.

Warner Weber
Chemistry Senior Consultant

Mr. Weber has over 13 years of chemistry experience as a researcher and 6 years utility experience where he was the program owner for the steam cycle (secondary) water chemistry. He designed, developed, and implemented a novel method to remove iron and organic fouling from anion resin utilizing acid-catalyzed sodium bisulfite and pioneered a technical evaluation of N,N-dimethylethanolamine as an alternate amine for pH control to eliminate condensate polisher resin-fouling and further optimize secondary chemistry. He implemented industry leading fluorescent dye leak detection to identify condenser tube leaks. Mr. Weber specializes in PWR secondary chemistry, resin applications and testing, condenser management and leak detection, and EPRI ChemWorks/MULTEQ.