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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Nuclear Power Plants
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Jacopo Buongiorno (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alternate Chair:
Angel Vasquez (MIT)
Session Organizers:
Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
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Understanding the Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Chemical and Physical Characteristics of a Potential Candidate for Organic Cooled Reactors
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Angel Vasquez (MIT), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
Paper
ESFR-SIMPLE Project: Towards a ESFR-SMR Design
3:35–3:55PM PDT
P. Sciora (CEA), A. Pantano (CEA), E. Fridman (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), A. Ponomarev (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), P. Servell (EDF), D. Gérardin (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), B. Farges (FRAMATOME), K. Mikityuk (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Rineiski (KIT), J. Guidez (Nuclei Cogitum)
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Generic Sodium-Potassium-Cooled Thermal Microreactor Reference Design with Sizing-Burnup Tradeoff Study
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Samuel Garcia (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Develop by Embodiments: Managing Uncertainty in Reactor Conceptualization -- The MIGHTR from Boston Atomics
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Enrique Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics)
Plant and Safety Features of Toshiba Innovative ABWR Plant iBR
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Yukitaka Yamazaki (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Keiji Matsumoto (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Takashi Sato (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Masayuki Niimi (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions)
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