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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Malibu
Session Chair:
J. Rory Kennedy
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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In-Situ High-Energy X-Ray Diffraction Study on Deformation Behavior of Neutron-Irradiated Fe-9%Cr
Xuan Zhang (ANL), Dominic Piedmont (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), James F. Stubbins (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jun-Sang Park (ANL), Peter Kenesei (ANL), Jonathan Almer (ANL), Meimei Li (ANL)
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In Situ Synchrotron Radiation Diffraction Study of Neutron-Irradiated Yttrium Hydrides During Thermal Treatments
M. Nedim Cinbiz (INL), Mehmet Topsakal (Brookhaven ), Annabelle Le Coq (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL)
Elemental Segregation and Precipitation After Ion-Irradiation to High Damages in Alloy 709
Dominic Piedmont (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Xiang Liu (Zhejiang Univ.), Hyosim Kim (LANL), Frank Graner (TAMU), Lin Shao (TAMU), T.-L. Sham (ANL), James Stubbins (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
High Throughput Study of Hardening and Void Swelling in Ion Irradiated High Entropy Alloys
Benoit Queylat (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Moorehead (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Phalgun Nelaturu (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Nathan Curtis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Thoma (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mukesh Bacchav (INL), Dane Morgan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Adrien Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Presented by Hongliang Zhang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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