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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.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Jon Facemire is a Senior Project Manager in the New Nuclear group at NEI where he focuses on risk-informed licensing. Jon leads the New Nuclear Engineering Working Group, the Part 53 Task Force, the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) Task Force, and the Advanced Reactor PRA Task Force. Prior to joining NEI, Jon was spent 2 years as a licensing manager at X-Energy developing their LMP-based Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and over a decade at Jensen Hughes supporting risk-informed applications for the operating fleet.
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