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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|Radioisotope Power Systems
Thursday, May 9, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Roberta Mulford (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Amanda Robertson (LANL)
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Status of Current Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Kavon Kazemzadeh (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Leo Gard (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Andrew Lane (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
Paper
The Graph Becomes the Dataset -- Compiling Historical and Current RTG Data into one Place
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Christofer E. Whiting (Univ. Dayton), David F. Woerner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Fifteen Years After the National Research Council Recommendations -- Radioisotope Power Systems Program Progress
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Thomas J. Sutliff (Aerospace Corp.), Ralph L. McNutt (Johns Hopkins APL), June F. Zakrajsek (Aerospace Corp.)
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Updating the Cassini-Era GPHS-RTG Life Performance Prediction Model in Preparation for the Next-Gen Mod-1 RTG Assessment
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Michael J. Durka (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Kevin L. Smith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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