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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 NISD
Monday, June 13, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Capistrano A
Session Chairs:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
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Assessment of Fire Experimental Data for Use in Nuclear Power Plants Fire PRA
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Urvin Salvi (Virginia Tech), Jun Wang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Virginia Tech)
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Attachment — Elvan Sahin-Bio
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Loss of Offsite Power Analysis 2020 Update
Zhegang Ma (INL), Nancy Johnson (INL)
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Initiating Events Analysis to Support Preliminary Steps Toward a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor
Malek Abedrabouh (NCSU), Noah Davis (NCSU), Veronica Heyl (NCSU), Jaylen Jones (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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