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A. Christopher Bakken III
A. Christopher Bakken III
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Entergy Names 30-Year Industry Veteran and Global Business Leader Chief Nuclear Officer
01/29/2016

Entergy Corporation announced today that A. Christopher "Chris" Bakken III has been named executive vice president and chief nuclear officer, effective April 6. Bakken replaces Jeff Forbes, who announced his retirement last year.

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Ian Kelley (r) accepted a $20,000 donation from Vermont Yankee Site Vice President Chris Wamser on behalf of Project Feed the Thousands.
Ian Kelley (r) accepted a $20,000 donation from Vermont Yankee Site Vice President Chris Wamser on behalf of Project Feed the Thousands.
News > Communities
Entergy Continues to Support Groundworks Collaborative
01/27/2016

Entergy Corporation recently awarded a $20,000 grant to Groundworks Collaborative Food Shelf towards the 2015 fundraising goal of Project Feed the Thousands.

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News > Safety
Control Room Operators Return Indian Point Unit 3 to Service, Generating Electricity
12/17/2015

BUCHANAN, NY – Control room operators returned Indian Point Unit 3 to service this morning, generating electricity. Unit 3 had shut down automatically Monday night after its main electrical generator sensed an electrical disturbance in transmission lines that connect the plant to the external power grid.

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News > Investors
Entergy Announces Close of Sale of Rhode Island Natural Gas-Fired Plant to Carlyle Power Partners
12/17/2015

Entergy Wholesale Commodities has closed on the sale of its 583-megawatt Rhode Island State Energy Center, in Johnston, R.I., to Carlyle Power Partners.

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News > Investors
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Announces Accelerated Start of Dry Fuel Storage Loading Campaign
12/15/2015

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee announced today that it plans to begin transferring spent nuclear fuel from “wet” to “dry” storage starting in 2017, two years earlier than originally planned.

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News > Safety
Indian Point 3 Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down
12/13/2015

Indian Point's Unit 3 nuclear power plant automatically shut down today around 7:00 p.m. as a result of an electrical disturbance on the non-nuclear side of the plant. The disturbance caused the main electrical generator and reactor to shut down automatically and safely, as designed.

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News > Investors
Entergy Receives Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approval to Continue Operating Indian Point Unit 3 While Seeking License Renewal
12/09/2015

Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) has received the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission's notice that while pursuing license renewal, it can continue to operate the Indian Point nuclear power plant's Unit 3 under its existing license, ensuring clean and safe power for millions of New Yorkers.

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News > Safety
Indian Point 2 Nuclear Power Plant Returns to Service
12/07/2015

Indian Point's Unit 2 nuclear power plant returned to service this afternoon, generating electricity three days after control room operators safely shut it down following a power loss to several control rods. Prior to this brief outage, the plant ran continuously for 627 days, a record for that unit.

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News > Safety
Indian Point 2 Nuclear Power Plant Safely Shut Down
12/05/2015

Control room operators safely shut down Indian Point's unit 2 power plant around 5:30 p.m. today after they observed indication of a power loss to several control rods.

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