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Joe Bates
Managing Partner and Co-CEO
jdbates@chemstaff.com
Joe has 24 years of experience with companies that include Commonwealth Edison (Exelon Corporation), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and EPRISolutions. He is a recognized expert in water treatment and corrosion control in the power industry. He is a patent holder of a polymer dispersant for nuclear steam generators as well as a developer and implementer of chemistry program optimizations at several power plants. Joe holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
Courses Taught by Joe Bates:
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PWR Hideout and Hideout Return
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Designed for chemistry personnel to gain understanding on hideout and hideout returns, how each occur, how amounts of each is measured and calculated and the long term trending of hideout return and its significance.
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PWR Operational Chemistry I
Sign Up NowDesigned for chemistry personnel as core course that focuses on the primary and secondary operational water chemistry. This includes reactor coolant chemistry and radiochemistry, steam generator and balance of plant chemistry, demineralizer and filtration performance, start up and shutdown chemistry, corrosion concerns, and data evaluation techniques.