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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|Methods Development
Monday, July 21, 2025|4:05–5:45PM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Benjamin S. Collins
Alternate Chair:
Joel D. Rhodes
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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A Whole-Core Multiphysics Microreactor Simulator
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Aaron M. Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Micah Best (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)
Paper
Development Status of STREAM3D-GPU: a GPU-enabled Neutron Transport Code for Large PWR Simulation
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Siarhei Dzianisau (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Fathurrahman Setiawan (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Hyungwoo Sohn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Recent Advances in MPACT for TRISO-fueled Microreactor Analysis
4:55–5:20PM EDT
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Whole Core Reactor High Fidelity Calculations using the RAPID Code System
5:20–5:45PM EDT
Brian Stroh (Virginia Tech), Alireza Haghighat (Virginia Tech)
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