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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, June 13, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Santa Monica
Session Chair:
Benjamin B. Cipiti (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Mark Schanfein (INL)
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3S-Informed Security for Next Generation Nuclear Facilities
Ben Cipiti (Sandia), Alan Evans (Sandia)
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Developing 3D Printing Remotely Interrogated Sensors for Fuel Cycle Safeguards
Jake Marr (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
Gallium Oxide Schottky Barrier Diodes for Alpha Spectroscopy
Christopher Heckert (Ohio State), Neil R. Taylor (Ohio State), Sushovan Dhara (Ohio State), Siddharth Rajan (Ohio State), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State), Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State)
Heat Signature Computational Simulation Results for Safeguarded Spent Nuclear Fuel
Alvaro Pizarro-Vallejos (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael D. Kaminski (ANL), Jeffrey Fortner (ORNL)
Model Refinement Studies for Molten Salt Freeze Port Conceptual Design Using COMSOL
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
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