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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 RPD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Matthew Wargon (TerraPower)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Direct Multi-Group Cross-Sections via NJOY/ETEN for TRISO Fuel Compacts
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Taylor S. Kimball (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah), Meng-Jen (Vince) Wang (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
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Exploring the Effect of the Number of Groups of Delayed Neutron Precursors in Reactor Dynamics Simulations of Molten Salt Reactors
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
A Note on Using Poisons to Improve MTC in Metal Hydride-Moderated Reactors
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Zuolong Zhu (Ohio State), Dean Wang (Ohio State)
Feasibility of Enhancing Neutron Moderation in Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor by Using Synthetic Diamond
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Reem Alnuaimi (KAIST), Paolo Venneri (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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