Lynnmarie Flowers – Entergy

2024 in retrospect

Lynnmarie Flowers — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:22:23 +0000

Amid the glad tidings this season brings, with the sound of bells ringing, children singing and wallets emptying, the most familiar sound of all is heard among dubious adults: I can’t believe it’s already December! What happened to this year? And yet, the season also gives us time to pause, to reflect on 12 months of achievements and challenges, and to plan for fresh beginnings in the spanking…

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A powerful serve

Lynnmarie Flowers — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:19:19 +0000

We have all experienced what it means for someone to come alongside us in our time of need. To know that, in this season of good tidings the times are tough for some—some who need a tangible sign that someone cares. That sign can look like many things—a kind word, a helping hand or an offer to share the burden of providing basic necessities. That’s the heart of Entergy’s The Power to Care…

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A stroke of good fortune

Lynnmarie Flowers — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:57:12 +0000

In this season of reflection and gratitude, we pause to give thanks for co-workers, friends and family. And sometimes those co-workers are our friends and family. Such is the case of Entergy’s Kristie Lowther and Rich Pierson, whose 25-year friendship means more than Christmas gifts—recently, it has meant the gift of life. Lowther and Pierson have formed close professional ties over the past…

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Meet the pros: Michael Jesson

Lynnmarie Flowers — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:46:49 +0000

Meet Michael Jessen, the lead for fleet maintenance training at Entergy Nuclear headquarters in Jackson, Miss. That’s the group that performs governance and oversight for maintenance and technical training programs at Entergy’s four nuclear sites in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi and one that’s getting noticed for its impact across the fleet. What’s the secret sauce for Jessen’s success? He’…

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Meet the pros: Andrew Nance

Lynnmarie Flowers — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Serving as nuclear power plant control room supervisor is an all-consuming job, but for Andrew Nance at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville, Arkansas, that is only the beginning. Read how he reaches out cross-functionally to accomplish even more efficiencies for the site. What’s a typical day like for you? I spend most of the day in the control room because the control room supervisor is…

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Entergy’s CANstruction event builds up food supplies to feed the community

Lynnmarie Flowers — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:05:00 +0000

A can-do spirit was in the air last week as 10 teams from Entergy Nuclear headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi took on the task of constructing canned-good creations for a worthy cause. Teams in the CANstruction competition built canned food sculptures that were ultimately donated to three Jackson-area recipients—the Mississippi Food Network, We Will Go ministries and North Jackson Elementary…

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Christmas in July donations surpass goals; employees’ generous spirit shines bright

Lynnmarie Flowers — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:23:00 +0000

The third year of Christmas in July wrapped up this fall, with totals topping organizers’ expectations. This year, the charitable campaign extended beyond Entergy nuclear to include all of the company. With such broad participation, the $6,190 total of all goods and money collected exceeded the campaign goal of $5,000. The drive, sponsored by Entergy’s Veterans Employee Resource Group and the…

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Meet the pros: Glenn Hoilman

Lynnmarie Flowers — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 23:36:00 +0000

As a workshop instructor, outage scheduler, barbecue afficionado and gem cutter, Glenn Hoilman is a man of many talents. It’s true, Hoilman’s “day job” is fleet scheduling specialist at Entergy Nuclear’s headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi, where he is responsible for the standardization of scheduling practices and processes across the nuclear fleet. Most recently, however…

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Entergy’s nuclear fleet essential to meeting carbon-free commitments

Lynnmarie Flowers — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Entergy is proud to celebrate Nuclear Science Week, an international, broadly observed week-long celebration to focus local, regional and international interests on all aspects of nuclear science. Nuclear Science Week is celebrated during the third week of October each year. Entergy owns and operates a national fleet of five reactors in four locations, safely generating enough clean electricity…

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From lunch server to cat whisperer, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station’s David Samples does it all

Lynnmarie Flowers — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:35:00 +0000

David Samples is the humble jack-of-all-trades in the kitchen at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station training center in Port Gibson, Miss. He has worked at Grand Gulf for two years. Among his many tasks, Samples prepares all the food in the training building, serves it, runs the cash register and cleans up afterward. To make it more impressive, he does it all by himself with only the occasional…

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