New Vice President, Plant Manager Named at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
August 12, 2004
ATHENS, Ala. – Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Manager Mike Skaggs has
been promoted to Browns Ferry vice president and Assistant Plant Manager Kurt
Krueger has been promoted to plant manager.
Skaggs will fill a vacancy created by the promotion of former Browns Ferry
Vice President Ashok Bhatnagar to senior vice president of Nuclear Operations.
Krueger will take over Skaggs’s position of plant manager.
“Mike and Kurt each have two decades of experience in nuclear power and
the electric utility industry, ” said TVA Chief Nuclear Officer Karl Singer in
announcing the promotions. “TVA is fortunate to have people with the
knowledge, experience and management skills to be able to promote from within
the organization.”
Skaggs was assistant plant manager before being named plant manager.
He also has served as Browns Ferry maintenance and modifications manager
and worked on the chief nuclear officer’s staff in Chattanooga. Skaggs joined
TVA in 1994 as a senior project manager at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring
City, Tenn., and held several other positions at that plant.
He also has experience in TVA’s Transmission/Power Supply Group.
Before joining TVA he worked for Texas Utilities. Skaggs earned a B.S. degree
in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University.
Krueger, who has experience in commercial and military nuclear power,
was named Browns Ferry assistant plant manager in October 2003. He came to
TVA following a 13-year career with Public Service Enterprise Group where he
held posts of increasing responsibility in the operations groups at Hope Creek
and Salem nuclear generating stations.
Krueger entered the commercial nuclear industry after five years’ service
in the nuclear U.S. Navy. He earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rhode Island with emphasis studies in control systems and
thermal engineering.
Skaggs lives in Madison, and Krueger lives in Athens.
TVA operates five nuclear units, two at Browns Ferry, two at Sequoyah
Nuclear Plant near Chattanooga, Tenn., and one at Watts Bar.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider and is completely selffinanced.
TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors that
serve approximately 8.5 million consumers in seven southeastern states.
Media Contact:
Craig Beasley, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, (256) 729-7698
TVA News Bureau, Knoxville, (865) 632-6000
TVA Newsroom
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