History of Excellence

Entergy Nuclear’s national headquarters are located in Jackson, Miss. Entergy operates and owns nuclear power plants in Arkansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York and Vermont and has a management contract with Cooper Nuclear Station in Nebraska.

Entergy has a history of being a fleet committed to excellence in operations.

• The seeds of Entergy’s efforts were planted in 1986 when the company formed a nuclear management committee to oversee plant assets.
• In 1990 Entergy created Entergy Operations to formalize the nuclear management company located in Jackson, Miss.
• In 1999 Entergy became the first company in the United States to acquire an operating nuclear plant through competitive bidding when it purchased the Pilgrim Station from Boston Edison.
• Seeing unrealized value of the nation’s nuclear plants, Entergy began the addition of six nuclear units to the five reactors already in Entergy’s service territory.
• Entergy becomes the second largest nuclear power fleet in the U.S. and the eighth largest in the world.
• Entergy obtains a management contract to operate Cooper Station in Nebraska on behalf of its owner, Nebraska Public Power District.
• Entergy offers services to the industry and becomes the recognized leader in nuclear lifecycle services including licensing services, plant management, decommissioning, dry fuel storage installation, work force development and deploying new technologies.