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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|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Dave Grabaskas (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Rachel Thomas (ANL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Assessment of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Using the NACIE-UP Experimental Facility
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Daniel J. O'Grady (ANL), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Rachel Thomas (ANL)
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Development of One-Dimensional Freezing Model in SAM for Salt-Cooled Reactor Analysis Applications
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Ling Zou (ANL), Quan Zhou (Kairos Power), Dan O’Grady (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Alex Heald (Kairos Power), Haihua Zhao (Kairos Power)
MELCOR Analysis of Accident Mitigation Capability of Flooding Safety System in Korean i-SMR Under Hypothetical Loss of Coolant Accident
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Chang Hyun Song (Hanyang Univ.), JinHo Song (Hanyang Univ.), Sung Joong Kim (Hanyang Univ.)
BWR-Type SMR with Load-Following Function, FCVS, and Seismic Isolation Device that Eliminates Location Requirements
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Tadashi Narabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Hiroshige Kikura (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Kazuhiko Kasai (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Koji Endo (Rasa Industries)
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