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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.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Ronald L. Boring (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Paula Savioja
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (ANS)
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A Microworld Framework for Advanced Control Room Design
Ronald L. Boring (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL), Roger Lew (Univ. of Idaho), Anna C. Hall (Braveheart Solutions)
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User-Centered Scalability: Creating Cross-System Visualizations for Nuclear Power Applications
Torrey Mortenson (INL)
Operator Preferences in an Advanced Nuclear Control Operating Room
Clara Alivisatos (Univ. of California Berkeley), Christopher Poresky (Univ. of California Berkeley), Per F. Peterson (Univ. of California Berkeley), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL)
Systems-Theoretic Hazard Analysis of Digital Human-System Interface Relevant to Reactor Trip
Edward Chen (North Carolina State Univ.), Nam T. Dinh (North Carolina State Univ.), Han Bao (INL), Hongbin Zhang (INL), Tate Shorthill (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Guiding Transformation: The Role of a Design Philosophy
Zachary A. Spielman (INL), Casey Kovesdi (INL), Katya LeBlanc (INL)
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