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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.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Palos Verdes A/B
Session Chair:
Emilian Popov (ORNL)
Alternate Chairs:
Robert Martin (BWXT)
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
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The Effect of Cooling Efficiency on the Startup Characteristic and Performance of the Sodium Heat Pipes for the Special Purpose Reactor with Different Filling Ratio
Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)
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Effects of Operational Conditions on the Geyser Boiling in the Sodium Heat Pipe for the Special Purpose Reactor
Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)
Preliminary Design and Analysis of Free-Piston Stirling Engines
Phat Doan (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
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