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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
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Simulating Challenging BWR Operation Conditions with CMS5
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Petri Forslund Guimarães (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Christian Jönsson (Studsvik), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)
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BWR Control Blade Depletion Modeling with SIMULATE5
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)
Acceleration of 3D Nodal Diffusion Code RAST-K for Transient Analysis using Memory Access Pattern Optimization and Parallelization
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Hyungwoo Sohn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Jinsu Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
APEX: An Efficient and Fast-Running Simulator for Multicycle Core Analysis
11:15–11:40AM EDT
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear)
CIPS Index Predictions for Fixed Incore Detection Systems
11:40AM–12:00PM EDT
Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Cole Gentry (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Dave J. Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
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