Tag Archive for: Nuclear energy

Meet the pros: Grand Gulf’s Kathryn Marshall
In celebration of Engineers Week, meet Kathryn Marshall, a reactor engineer who has worked at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station located in Port Gibson, Miss. for nine years.

Meet the pros: Elizabeth Wonders
In celebration of Engineers Week, meet Elizabeth Wonders, a senior project manager for advanced nuclear projects and technology based out of nuclear headquarters in Jackson, Miss. She has worked for Entergy Nuclear since 2017.

Meet the pros: River Bend Station’s Shailendra Shrivastava
In celebration of Engineers Week, meet Shailendra Shrivastava, a senior lead engineer in the central design organization at River Bend Station in St. Francisville, La.

Entergy generators sustained historic electricity usage during recent cold spells
It only took a few short weeks into the new year for Entergy’s communities, customers and teams to face a brutal challenge at the hands of Mother Nature. A nationwide arctic blast ushered in snow, sleet, ice and freezing temperatures across Entergy’s service territory, yet the power grid remained resilient.

Meet the pros: Grand Gulf’s Jay Lebrun
Meet Jay Lebrun, the safety coordinator at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Miss.

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/17/24, 10 a.m.
Following the four-day winter weather event impacting our service area, the majority of our customers have been restored. Our crews continue to safely restore power to the remaining customers impacted this major winter weather system that brought extreme cold, snow and icing across parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

Meet the pros: Entergy’s Tim Barnes
Meet Tim Barnes, an engineering supervisor in the central design organization engineering team who has worked at Entergy Nuclear headquarters in Jackson, Miss., for more than five years.

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/16/24, 9 a.m.
A winter storm continues to impact our service area

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/15/24, 10 a.m.
A winter storm has arrived and is impacting our service area.

Entergy system winter storm update – 1/14/24, 1:30 p.m.
A winter storm will begin impacting our service area starting today.

Meet the pros: Ashleigh Lyons
Meet Ashleigh Lyons, a project controls specialist based out of Echelon, Entergy Nuclear’s headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi, and the chairperson of her office building’s Veterans Employee Resource Group.

Entergy GridEx: Planning for the worst-case scenarios, and then some
Entergy team members train for, and have been through, some of the worst disasters to impact the communities we serve. Hurricanes, tornadoes and winter ice storms are often described as “having a mind of their own,” but advanced planning and training makes the overall response as immediate and efficient as possible.

Meet the pros: Anitra Dyer and Tonya Fitzgerald
Meet Anitra Dyer, a River Bend Station nuclear security officer who has been with the plant for 19 years, and Tonya Fitzgerald, a Grand Gulf Nuclear Station security administrative assistant who has worked there for 14 years.

Entergy’s River Bend Station employees host Livonia High School students
Community engagement is key to the plant’s long-term success

Entergy Nuclear gifts North Jackson Elementary School $10,000 grant, other donations
Principal attributes portion of school’s “A” rating to the company’s supportnEntergy Nuclear headquarters gifted North Jackson Elementary School, its local adopted school, a $10,000 grant as well as $3,921 raised by employees.
