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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|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Malibu
Session Chair:
Jake Quincey (Oregon State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Troy Munro
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Determining the Tensile Strength of Select TRISO-Coated Particle Layers
Tanner Mauseth (Idaho State), Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar (Idaho State), Fei Teng (INL), Subhashish Meher (INL)
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Preliminary Fuel Cycle Analysis of the -UB2 Composite Fuels in Pressurized Water Reactors
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cihang Lu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Effects of Hydrogen on High Uranium Density Fuels
Adrian Gonzales (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Josh White (LANL), Elizabeth Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
Understanding Composite Accident Tolerant Fuel with SiCf/SiCm for NuScale SMR Model: Reactivity Behavior and Potential Future Direction
Kyle V. Bean (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Macklin Zinselmeyer (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology), Dinesh Kumar (Univ. Bristol), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology)
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