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Anticipating retirements at multiple sites, Entergy on Monday announced it will move several key executives within its nuclear fleet. Beginning Feb. 4, Grand Gulf Site Vice President Mike Perito will become a senior Entergy vice president with responsibility for the FitzPatrick, Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee...

The boiling water reactor at Entergy's Grand Gulf nuclear plant is set to become the most powerful commercial reactor in the country following an uprate approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC announced approval of the uprate Thursday. According to the agency, the unit will generate...

According to an NRC report, a fire broke out Wednesday evening in the main condenser of the Entergy-owned Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant. A fire brigade was dispatched and the area was quickly evacuated. The flames were put out in 40 minutes. The unit has been planning a refueling outage since...

Entergy filed a motion Tuesday asking state power regulators to approve continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant following a recent court decision favorable to its relicensing. In a conference call on the company’s fourth quarter earnings, Entergy CEO J. Wayne Leonard said the state’s...

Entergy is preparing for a 13 percent power uprate that will make Grand Gulf the most powerful single-reactor nuclear plant in the country. In the process, the $724 million project in Port Gibson, Miss., is expected to create 4,000 jobs. The Shaw Group will conduct the work, and the Natchez Democrat...

With 14 applications pending, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that a shortage of manpower at the agency may delay nuclear plant license renewals. Citing “resource limitations,” Gregory Jaczko warned it may take longer than expected to handle applications to extend...

Speaking to the Southern States Energy Board Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said his state welcomed new reactor construction. "Candidly, we'd love to have another nuclear power plant," the Mississippi Press quoted the Republican governor as saying. "We don't have, 'Not...

AREVA DZ, LLC, a joint venture of AREVA and Day & Zimmerman ECM, has signed agreements with Entergy Nuclear for future upgrades at all nine Entergy nuclear plant sites. The five-year agreements include full-scope Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for capital projects to...

"Nuclear's solid record in Arkansas demonstrates its real potential to help stabilize electricity costs and provide a clean, reliable, cost-efficient source of energy for all of Entergy's customers," said Dr. Patrick Moore, co-chair of the national Clean and Safe Energy (CASEnergy)...

"It's a big endeavor for the station, because safety is our number one priority," said Randy Douet, the plant's vice president. - Edited By Chris Reed - According to ClarionLedger.com, Entergy Mississippi this month will present its plans for a $510 million expansion of the Grand...

Grand Gulf provides approximately 700 jobs in the community, has a payroll of about $70 million and pays $29 million in taxes each year. Plans for an upgrade that will increase the plant’s production capacity will be completed by 2012 and make Grand Gulf Nuclear Station the largest single-unit...

ANS Report Shows Fleet Operates at More Than 90 Percent of Capacity - By Linton Levy - Nuclear energy continues to be the most reliable energy source in the United States with Entergy’s nuclear fleet leading the way, according to a report released by the American Nuclear Society. In the...

The project includes activities for the energy power upgrade, which will make the reactor at Grand Gulf the single most powerful nuclear generating unit in the nation. It will increase Grand Gulf’s output by approximately 178 Megawatts (MW). This is a 13 percent increase above current production...

Under the new contract, Shaw will provide engineering, procurement and construction services designed to add approximately 178 megawatts of power generation to Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - By Stephen Heiser - The Shaw Group has announced it has been awarded a contract with Entergy Operation, Inc...

“The NRC continually reviews the safety performance of Grand Gulf and each of the nation’s commercial nuclear power plants,” said Region IV Administrator Elmo E. Collins. “The meeting provides an opportunity for us to discuss our annual assessment of safety performance with the...

Exelon and Entergy have announced plans to uprate some of their reactors. Shaw already provides fleet-wide maintenance services to these companies - By Linton Levy - During a presentation of Shaw financials, Shaw's chairman Jim Bernhard said that 37 reactors out of the USA's total of 104...

Investment will produce savings for customers - By Stephen Heiser - To help meet Mississippi’s growing energy needs and stabilize rising electricity costs, Entergy Mississippi, Inc. has announced that the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved plans for a major upgrade to the Grand...