Company: Entergy Corp

The chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is scheduled to tour Entergy Corp.'s Palisades nuclear plant in southwestern Michigan this week.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Monday that he would resign, following a year of intense criticism over his abrasive management style.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Monday that he would resign, following a year of intense criticism over his abrasive management style.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Monday that he would resign, following a year of intense criticism over his abrasive management style.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Monday he would resign, following a year of intense criticism over his abrasive management tactics.

A federal appeals court weighing a water quality permit for Entergy Corp.'s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant wants lawyers to provide it with written arguments on another type of water quality permit.

The state of Vermont plans to tell a federal appeals court on Wednesday that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted improperly last year when it granted a 20-year license extension to Entergy Corp.'s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant because the plant did not have an updated water quality certificate.

A top Vermont utility regulator is heading to Washington to argue in a court hearing that the license renewal given last year by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Entergy Corp.'s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was issued improperly.

The tallest feature at the Entergy Corp.'s Indian Point nuclear power station in the New York suburbs is being torn down, but not all the way. A spokesman for plant owner Entergy Nuclear says workers will shorten an old ventilation stack by about 221 feet this summer. It currently rises about 255 feet above its building and 400 feet above sea level.

Entergy said it will divest and merge its electric transmission business with ITC Holdings in a $1.78 billion deal as the No.2 U.S. nuclear power plant operator looks to cut debt.