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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
Monday, November 8, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang University)
Alternate Chair:
Xiaoyu Zheng (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Checking the Reasonableness of a Bayesian Update
10:10–10:40AM EST
Matthew M. Degonish (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Carroll A. Trull (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kenneth L. Kiper (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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Research Roadmap to Enhance Industry Legacy Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods and Tools
10:40–11:10AM EST
Andrew Miller (Jensen Hughes), Stephen M. Hess (Jensen Hughes), Curtis L. Smith (INL)
Categorization of Reactor Sequences for Their Integration Into the SFP PSA Model
11:10–11:40AM EST
Cristina Israelsson Hilario (Tractebel ENGIE), Shizhen Yu (Tractebel ENGIE)
Use of Severe Accident Codes to Refine Large Early Release Frequency to Support Realism in LERF Estimates
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Ricky Summitt (Engineering Planning and Management)
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