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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.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Thursday, July 20, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|301D
Session Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Organizer:
Vaibhav Yadav
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Multi-Fidelity Machine Learning Approach to Material Modeling for Digital Twin Framework
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Dinesh Kumar (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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Components of Intelligent Digital Twin Framework for Complex Nuclear System
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Md Nazmus Sakib (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Dinesh Kumar (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Applications of APR1400 MMIS Virtualization Simulator for the NPP's Performance
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Sungjin Lee (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Ho Sun Ryu (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Min-seok Kim (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Yong Sik Kim (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.)
Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Identification of Human Errors in Nuclear Power Plants
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Bhavya Reddy Kotla (San Jose State), Ezgi Gursel (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Katy Daniels (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Anahita Khojandi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Baalis Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Mahboubeh Madadi (San Jose State)
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