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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|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Erofil Kardoulaki
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Scarlett W. Paisner
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Thermophysical Properties of a Uranium Nitride-Metal Composite Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
3:15–3:40PM MDT
J.C. Schaeperkoetter (LANL), S. Widgeon Paisner (LANL), J.T. White (LANL), E. Kardoulaki (LANL), T.P. Coons (LANL), D.D. Byler (LANL), J. Rosales (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), K.J. McClellan (LANL)
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Addressing Localized Fuel Element Heating in a NERVA-Type HALEU Thermal NTP Design
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Steven Hoak (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
TRIPLE: A Coated Particle Fuel Performance Code and its Preliminary Application for NTP Fuel Simulation
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Jongho Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Initial Modeling of Three-Phase Fuel/Propellant Annulus Design for Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rockets
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Dakota Santana (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Keith Hollingsworth (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
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