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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Canaveral 1
Session Chair:
Suibel Schuppner (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
Alternate Chair:
Pamela Rich (INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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VVER-1000 Pin-Cell Nuclear Data UQ Using SANDY/Serpent
1:00–1:20PM EST
Spencer C. Ercanbrack (NCSU), Muhammad R. Altahhan (NCSU), Luca Fiorito (SCK CEN), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
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GOTHIC Benchmark to a Containment Vessel Passive Cooling Experiment
1:20–1:40PM EST
Diego Ross (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jeff Lane (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jordan Penley (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Thomas Moore (Numerical Advisory Solutions)
Advanced Instrumentation of a Wire Wrapped Sodium Fast Reactor Fuel Rod Simulator
1:40–2:00PM EST
Nicholas J. Thoreson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Shaun R. Aakre (TerraPower), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
CONSTELATION Model Results of Validation Experiment for HENRI in TREAT
2:00–2:20PM EST
Austin M. Warren (Oregon State), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State), Trevor K. Howard (Oregon State), Wade R. Marcum (Oregon State)
On the Definitions of Automation Trustworthiness and Automation Transparency in Nuclear Power Domain
2:20–2:40PM EST
Muhammad Hammad Khalid (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ha Bui (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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