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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|Northwestern/Ohio State
Session Chair:
Kevin R. O'Kula
Alternate Chair:
Egemen M. Aras
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Dose-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for Consequence-Driven Risk-Informed Urban Advanced Reactor Siting
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Jarred Jordan (Georgia Tech), Martin Graffigna (Georgia Tech), Shaheen Dewji (Georgia Tech)
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Integrated Simulation-Based Radiological Assessment of Depressurization Event Scenarios in High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Nolan D. Ritchie (NCSU), Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Jackson D. Hase (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Sensitivity Analyses on the Phenomenological Parameters in the Aerosol Dynamics Models in I-COSTA Applied to International Standard Problem No 44
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Miran Park (Jeonbuk Nat'l Univ.), Yoonhee Lee (Jeonbuk Nat'l Univ.)
Analysis of Radiological Release From Fueled Irradiation Experiments During Manual Handling
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Daniel K. Sluder (Idaho National Laboratory - Advanced Test Reactor), Igor A. Sarygin (INL), Jacob L. Westacott (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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