Leadership
Michael R. Kansler, President and Chief Nuclear Officer of Entergy Nuclear
Michael R. Kansler is the President and Chief Nuclear Officer of Entergy
Nuclear, responsible for Entergy’s nuclear plants located throughout New York,
Massachusetts, Vermont, Michigan, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, as well
as the company’s management of the Cooper Nuclear Station for the State of
Nebraska.
Kansler joined the Entergy in 1998 as vice president of operations support,
based at Entergy Nuclear’s headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2000 he
was named as the company’s chief operating officer for the Northeast, then
becoming president of the same region.
Before joining Entergy, Kansler spent more than 20 years at Virginia Power
(now Dominion Resources). For his last two years with Virginia Power, he was
vice president of its nuclear program and was responsible for the operation of
Surry and North Anna – the company’s twin-unit nuclear power stations.
Kansler’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and he
completed Pennsylvania State University’s executive management program.
Kansler currently serves as chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
Nuclear Strategic Issues Advisory Committee (NSIAC) and on the board of
directors for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). He is a
founding member of the Northeast Energy Alliance and a member of several
business and community organizations including the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, the Executive Committee of the Energy Association of New
York State and the Hudson Valley Hospital Center Board. He is a former member
of the INPO National Nuclear Accrediting Board.
Updated 4/08
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