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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|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Promise Adebayo-Ige (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Dalton Lonker (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
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Franklin 2023 - Design and Analysis of a Novel Molten Salt Fusion Breeder Blanket System Using SAM
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Characterization of a Plasma Electrolytic Process for the Fixation of Nitrogen
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Brandon E. Kamiyama (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Robert Pierrard (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Aryan Panigrahi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michelle Giovacchini (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nitika Purohit (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), R. M. Sankaran (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Deuterium Uptake and Removal with Advanced Liquid Lithium PFCs
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Andrew J. Ernat (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Cody Moynihan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven Stemmley (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Techno-Economic and Empirical Assessment of Photoresist Removal by Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Branden J. Bodner (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Arthur G. Mazzeo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jacob T. Fuss (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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