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AI at work: Southern Nuclear’s adoption of Copilot agents drives fleet forward
Southern Nuclear is leading the charge in artificial intelligence integration, with employee-developed applications driving efficiencies in maintenance, operations, safety, and performance.
The tools span all roles within the company, with thousands of documented uses throughout the fleet, including improved maintenance efficiency, risk awareness in maintenance activities, and better-informed decision-making. The data-intensive process of preparing for and executing maintenance operations is streamlined by leveraging AI to put the right information at the fingertips for maintenance leaders, planners, schedulers, engineers, and technicians.
H. Ito, T. Suzuki, T. Takanaga, Y. Matsuda, S. Konishi, Y. Naruse, S. Hirata
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 988-993
Material; Storage and Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29880
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A polyimide membrane has a selective permeability for hydrogen gas and water vapor. A small scale experimental apparatus for reducing the tritium concentration of air was designed and fabricated at the Tritium Process Laboratory (TPL) in the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). Hollow filament polyimide membranes are installed in a gas separation module (Ube Industries, Ltd.). Tritium tests were performed with air containing a small amount of tritium. Experimental results showed an increase of tritium concentration in the permeant flow. This method will be applied to tritium removal systems.
