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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Radiation Detection and Imaging
Friday, April 14, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Kate Joshi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Bernadette Brezinski (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Isotopes & Radiation Division.
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Development of Metal Halide Perovskites for Use in Radiation Detection
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Owen A. Johnson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Soldier Mounted Advanced Radiation Tracking (SMART) Detector Interim Report
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Caleb S. Jeffries (USMA), Joshua Taylor (USMA), Robert Woody (USMA), Mateshan V. Subramaniam (USMA)
Optimizing an Anti-Coincidence Compton Suppression System with GEANT4 Simulations
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Jacob O. Davis (PNNL), Bruce D. Pierson (PNNL), Lawrence R. Greenwood (PNNL)
Implementation and Radiation Analysis of Autonomous Quadreped Inspection Robot
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Tyrell B. Simmons (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Christian M. Pochron (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), George Georgi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Nathan Reyes (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Gian Torres (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Patrick Martin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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