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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
Monday, April 22, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 1
Session Chair:
Kazuya Yamaji (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Alternate Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
Session Organizer:
Go Chiba (Hokkaido University)
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Preliminary Validation of Intra-Pin Reaction Rate Predictions from the Deterministic Transport Codes GeN-Foam and MPACT
1:30–1:50PM PDT
Tom Mager (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Kyle Vaughn (Univ. Michigan), Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Andreas Pautz (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Initial Benchmarking of a New ENDF/B-VIII.1.β2-Based CASMO5 Neutron Data Library
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Charles Wemple (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Verification and Validation of the VANGARD Pinwise Nodal Code with Preliminary Analyses of BEAVRS Benchmark
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Seoyoon Jeon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
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