Nuclear Communications Team – Entergy

Meet the pros: River Bend’s Viola Banks Jackson

Nuclear Communications Team — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 01:36:00 +0000

Meet Viola Banks Jackson! Viola is a dedicated material technician nuclear professional at River Bend, who plays a key role in ensuring our plant’s safe and reliable operation. “I handle, store and issue nuclear parts to various departments to ensure the safe day-to-day operation of the plant.” The warehouse is essential at River Bend Station. It stores and manages critical spare parts…

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Meet the pros: Anitra Dyer and Tonya Fitzgerald

Nuclear Communications Team — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:50:00 +0000

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. Dyer and Fitzgerald both work to keep the plants safe with their security teams. Fitzgerald works to recruit security officers through career fairs and helps manage the…

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Entergy celebrates Nuclear Science Week 2023

Nuclear Communications Team — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:08:00 +0000

Nuclear Science Week is an international, broadly observed week-long celebration to focus local, regional and international interests on all aspects of nuclear science. During Nuclear Science Week, celebrated on the third week of October each year, Entergy’s nuclear fleet boosts outreach through hosting activities, events and plant tours in their local areas. Entergy’s nuclear sites and…

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Meet the Pros: Devin Ellis

Nuclear Communications Team — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:30:00 +0000

Meet Devin Ellis, an instrumentation and controls refueling outage coordinator who has worked at Mississippi’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station for six years. Ellis plans refueling outage work for instrumentation and controls at the plant. He monitors and controls the finances, schedule and resources required for the instrumentation and controls team to improve plant reliability.

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Meet the pros: Darren Farthing

Nuclear Communications Team — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Meet Darren Farthing, a new shift manager at River Bend Station. Nuclear shift managers have the primary command and control responsibility for the management and direction of all operation and maintenance activities, including the manipulation of any controls, equipment or components relating to machinery on their shift. “In my role, I support equipment reliability by determining the impact…

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Meet the pros: Sal Qasim

Nuclear Communications Team — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 18:19:00 +0000

Meet Sal Qasim, an engineer who is the North American Young Generation in Nuclear chapter president at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. NAYGN is an organization with the mission to “develop leaders to energize the future of nuclear.” Qasim, who has worked at the station for three years, said his favorite part of working at Grand Gulf are the opportunities and enthusiasm for professional career…

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Meet the pros: Jonathan Graise

Nuclear Communications Team — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Meet Jonathan Graise, an instrumentation and controls technician and craftsmanship council co-lead who has worked at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station for six years. Graise works to make sure the operations team has reliable instrumentation they can trust so the plant can run safely and efficiently. He chose to be a co-lead with the Craftmanship Council because he wanted to be a voice for the craft…

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Meet the pros: River Bend’s Sheryl Carpenter

Nuclear Communications Team — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0000

In honor of Power Plant Worker Appreciation Day at Entergy Nuclear, meet Sheryl Carpenter, a nuclear chemistry technician at River Bend Station. “As a nuclear chemistry technician, I support River Bend by monitoring and identifying radioactive isotopes in various water and air sources throughout the plant,” said Carpenter. Carpenter’s daily work also includes trending chemistry data and…

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Meet the nuclear professionals: Nathan McElhaney

Nuclear Communications Team — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:32:00 +0000

Meet Nathan McElhaney, an Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 control room supervisor who has worked at ANO for 13 years. “I am proud to work for Entergy,” said McElhaney. “Having been employed through some challenging times, I am still amazed at the grit and dedication of the people I work with.” Recently, he volunteered at Hector High School in nearby Hector, Ark., to give 30 students a brief…

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Telling the nuclear story

Nuclear Communications Team — Mon, 15 May 2023 20:42:00 +0000

Kimberly Cook-Nelson recently sat down for an interview with the Delta Business Journal‘s Jack Criss to discuss the benefits of nuclear power and her journey to become one of only three female chief nuclear officers in the country. Cook-Nelson was named Executive Vice President of Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer of Entergy in November of 2022, where she is responsible for the safe…

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