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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|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Houston/Kansas City
Session Chair:
Kent Welter
Alternate Chair:
Tatsuya Sakurahara
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
Session will conclude with remarks from Kyle Hope (Westinghouse) on Lessons Learned from eVinci Nuclear Test Reactor PRA Peer Review.
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Pilots’ Readiness to Fly - Lower the Risk Caused by Alcohol Consumption Using Facial Recognition Technology
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Yanbing Chen (School of Graduate Studies, College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), Mingyi Wang (Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), Joao Souza Dias Garcia (School of Graduate Studies, College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), Shuzhen Luo (Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
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Complex System Diagnostics Using LLM-Informed Models and Knowledge Graphs
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Saman Marandi (University of Maryland), Yu-Shu Hu (DML), Mohammad Modarres (University of Maryland)
Automation Trustworthiness and Transparency in Nuclear Power Plants: Definitions, Methodologies, and Case Studies
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Muhammad Hammad Khalid (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ha Bui (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Seyed Reihani (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Artificial Neural Network-Based Approach for Computing Fussell-Vesely Importance Measures in Fault Tree Analysis
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Xingyu Xiao (Tsinghua Univeristy), Wenjing Li (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., LTD), Peng Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ben Qi (Tsinghua Univeristy), Jingang Liang (INET, Tsinghua University), Jiejuan Tong (INET, Tsinghua University), Haitao Wang (National Tsinghua University)
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