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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine B
Session Chair:
Michael S. Smith
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Patricia D. Paviet
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AI/ML-Assisted Design of Phosphate Glass and Ceramic Nuclear Waste Forms
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Jincheng Du (Univ. North Texas), Vinay I. Hegde (Citrine Informatics), James Saal (Citrine Informatics), Brian Riley (PNNL), John Vienna (PNNL)
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Machine Learning to Enable Pyro-Processing Safeguards
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Christopher Reynolds (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Subhrajit RoyChowdhury (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Scott Evans (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center)
CYCLUS Toolkit Enhancements to Simulate Nuclear Material Buying Patterns
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Kathryn Mummah (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Paul P.H. Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Conceptual Design of Equipment and Operations for Treatment of Fermi-1 Blanket Material
11:00–11:20AM PDT
B.D. Preussner (INL), S.D. Herrmann (INL), R.C. Campbell (INL), M.R. Meengs (INL)
Commutable, Adaptive Process for the Treatment of UNF Radioactive Exhaust (CAPTURE)
11:20–11:30AM PDT
Sven Bader (Orano Federal Services)
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