Grand Gulf Nuclear Station – Entergy We power life. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:59:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 /wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-FavIcon-32x32.png Grand Gulf Nuclear Station – Entergy 32 32 Committed to powering communities with clean, safe and reliable nuclear energy  /blog/committed-to-powering-communities-with-clean-safe-and-reliable-nuclear-energy Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:45:17 +0000 /?p=20519 Posted:October 20, 2025 | Posted:Nuclear Communications Team | Category:Blog post | Tags:Arkansas Nuclear One, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Nuclear, River Bend Station, Waterford 3 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.

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Meet the pros: Roland Mays /blog/meet-the-pros-roland-mays Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:58:06 +0000 /?p=19794 Posted:September 4, 2025 | Posted:Tosha Hester | Category:Blog post | Tags:Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, MS employees, Nuclear Roland Mays is a chemistry specialist who has worked at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Mississippi, for 10 years. As part of his job, he oversees programs that maximize corrosion protection and maintain core reactor chemistry for asset preservation to keep…

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Trailblazing woman finds her calling at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station /blog/trailblazing-woman-finds-her-calling-at-grand-gulf-nuclear-station Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:41:17 +0000 /?p=18737 Posted:July 9, 2025 | Posted:Tosha Hester | Category:Blog post | Tags:Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Inclusion and belonging, Nuclear, Women at Entergy, Women in Nuclear Ann Dahl never imagined she would one day become a trailblazer in the field of nuclear power. But that’s exactly what happened when she was hired as one of the first female instrumentation and controls technicians at Grand Gulf…

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Meet Robert Fuller: A model of employee longevity /blog/meet-robert-fuller-a-model-of-employee-longevity Mon, 19 May 2025 22:03:42 +0000 /?p=18103 Throughout our celebration of Grand Gulf’s 40 years, it’s only fitting that we feature the site’s most tenured employees. Meet Robert Fuller, here since startup days in October 1984, a model of longevity in service to the station. Fuller calls himself “lucky” in the circumstances leading to his employment with Entergy, then known as Mississippi Power and Light. As a mechanical engineering…

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Meet the pros: Chad Rogers /blog/meet-pros-chad-rogers Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:54:33 +0000 /?p=13640 Chad Rogers is the lead operations instructor at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Miss. He has worked at the plant for 34 years, starting in 1991 when he was just 19 years old as an operator trainee. “I grew up at Grand Gulf,” said Rogers. “I remember when I first applied for the job. I was so terrified. It was my first real grown-up job. I can remember shaking during my interview.

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Meet the nuclear professionals: Deon Coleman /blog/meet-pros-deon-coleman Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:26:12 +0000 /?p=13522 Deon Coleman is the newly promoted superintendent of chemistry. He started at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Miss. 12 years ago as a co-op chemistry intern. Coleman grew up in Jefferson County, Miss. and graduated from Alcorn State University. “Grand Gulf has been a pillar in the local community,” Coleman said. “It’s been an honor to grow up here and develop my career.

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Giving back to the communities we serve /blog/giving-back-to-the-communities-we-serve Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:02:06 +0000 /?p=13463 Anthony Farrell, project manager at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. Grand Gulf Nuclear Station employees recently donated roughly 300 pounds of food to the Triumph Food Pantry. Each month, the food bank provides meals to more than 350 families in the communities surrounding Vicksburg, Miss. “My wife and I try and find a worthy cause to donate to every year,” said Anthony Farrell…

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2024 in retrospect /blog/2024-in-retrospect Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:22:23 +0000 /?p=13338 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 stroke of good fortune /blog/a-stroke-of-good-fortune Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:57:12 +0000 /?p=13293 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 /blog/meet-pros-michael-jesson Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:46:49 +0000 /?p=13271 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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