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.

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.