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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)
Mr. Fleming is an internationally recognized expert in the development and application PRA technology. He was the 2021 recipient of the ANS Tommy Thompson Award for Lifetime Achievements to Nuclear Safety and was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2020. Mr. Fleming is 2018 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society. He is a member of the ASME/ANS Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management, a co-author of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard, a principal author of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard for Advanced non-LWRs, and a principal contributor to the industry led Licensing Modernization Project. He started his career during the time of the Reactor Safety Study while performing the first PRA on High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors at General Atomic, where he was responsible for developing the Beta Factor Method of common cause failure analysis and performing the first internal fire PRA.
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