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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.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Northwestern/Ohio State
Session Chair:
Karl N. Fleming
Alternate Chair:
Daniel K. Sluder
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Development of a Supportive Decision-Making Tool for Multi-Unit Small Modular Reactors
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Gulcin Sarici Turkmen (The Ohio State University), Tunc Aldemir (The Ohio State University)
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Repair Outage Risk Assessment of Loviisa NPP - Update, Conclusions and Utilization
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Rasmus Hotakainen (Fortum Power and Heat Oy), Ilkka Paavola (Fortum Power and Heat Oy), Taisto Laato (Fortum Power and Heat Oy)
Special Considerations and Lessons Learned for the Conduct of LPSD Hazard PRAs for ALWRs
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Caitlin Gainey (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Tyra Gordon (GE Hitachi Nuclear), Zoheb Sajjad (GE Hitachi Nuclear)
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