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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.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Dr. Bill Beal is a physicist supporting U.S. federal radiological emergency response from the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration's Remote Sensing Laboratory at Joint Base Andrews in Washington, DC. Over the last nineteen years, he has worked on several programs spanning a broad mission spectrum, from radiological search to aerial radiological measurement to post-incident radiological monitoring and dose assessment. He spent over two months supporting the U.S. government's response to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, including three weeks with the deployed NNSA team in Tokyo, Japan. He continues to support the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) as a scientist, instructor, and liaison, and currently serves as the skill set leader for FRMAC liaisons. Dr. Beal received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics from North Carolina State University.
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