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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)
1958: Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London.
1964: Received doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. Joined General Electric Company.
1967: Assigned by GE to study use of probability in nuclear power plant safety.
1969: Author of 2 Proprietary GE reports and paper in ANS Transactions on safety goals and probabilistic analysis of NPPs.
1974: NRC’s Office of Research. Lead revision of RSS consequence model, Appendix VI of WASH -1400.
1979-1990: EPRI. Organized Risk Assessment Program, which managed research supporting L1 and L2 PRAs, including seismic.
1999-2023: Member of ASME/ANS Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management.
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