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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.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao
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Automating Anomaly Detection for Target Systems at Spallation Neutron Source
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Anant Raj (ORNL), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Drew Winder (ORNL), Bryan Maldonado (ORNL), Allie Morris (ORNL), Willem Blokland (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL)
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Digital Twin Driven Nuclear Power Plant Health Monitoring, Diagnostics and Prognostics
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Deepak Haste (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Sudipto Ghoshal (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Jonathan Caleb Hudson (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Christopher Michael Norton (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Andrew Hess (Hess PHM Group)
Introduction of Key Features of Technical Specifications Operator Support System
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Nokyu Seong (Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Central Research Institute), Jaehee Lee (Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Central Research Institute)
Detecting Process Equipment Failures Using Acoustic Data and Machine Learning
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Jacob A. Farber (INL), Ahmad Y. Al Rashdan (INL)
General Trends Observed in Reactor Power Distribution Synthesis with a Response Function-Based Approach
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Anthony Birri (ORNL), K.C. Goetz (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)
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