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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.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
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Zooming over PSA Models: Reducing PSA Models Without Loss of Generality
8:00–8:25AM EDT
M. Hibti (EDF), M. Hasseni (Assystem), N. Villatte (EDF)
Paper
Grouping and Initial Evaluation of Case Studies for Integrated Safety Assessment in the European BESEP Project
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Attila Bareith (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Tamas Siklossy (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Pavol Hlavac (RELKO Engineering and Consulting Services), Zoltan Kovacs (RELKO Engineering and Consulting Services)
Prioritizing Security Target Sets Using Risk-Informed Analysis
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Ricky Summitt (ENERCON)
Safety Margin Quantification by Integrating Probabilistic and Deterministic Safety Assessments -- A Demonstration Example
9:15–9:40AM EDT
Shizhen Yu (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles), Pierre-Etienne Labeau (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles), Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel ENGIE)
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