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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|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Konstantinos Gkouliaras
Session Organizer:
Xingang Zhao
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Forecasting Process Output Using Machine Learning Surrogates and Digital Twin
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Mikko Seppi (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Joonas Linnosmaa (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Akhtar Zeb (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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Proactive Cybersecurity Framework for Nuclear Power Plants Using Quantum Large Language Models
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Ismail Hossain (UTEP), Jahangir Alam (UTEP), Sai Puppala (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Kazuma Kobayashi (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Samrendra Roy (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (UTEP)
Development and Demonstration of an AI-Assisted Digital Twin Framework for Remote Monitoring and Control of Advanced Small-Scale Reactors
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Zavier Ndum Ndum (TAMU), Doyeong Lim (TAMU), Jian Tao (TAMU), John Ford (TAMU), Simon Adu (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU), Yang Liu (TAMU)
Development and Analysis of a Real-Time Digital Twin system in PUR-1
11:00–11:20AM CDT
V. Theos (Purdue Univ.), K. Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), S. Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Development of a Discrepancy Checker for the Digital Twin in a Supervisory Control System for a Thermal Energy Delivery System
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Linyu Lin (INL), Junyung Kim (INL), Jack Cavaluzzi (INL), Nicholas Cittadino (NCSU)
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