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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 RPD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Biscayne 2
Session Chair:
Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Selection of Reload Fuel TRU Fraction for Online Refueling of Waste-Burning Stable Salt Reactor
10:00–10:20AM EST
Seungug Jae (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL)
Paper
Effect of Turbulent Diffusion on Delayed Neutron Precursors in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE)
10:20–10:40AM EST
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Dynamic Analysis of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) Using Uranium-233 Fuel Salt: A Multi-Physics Simulation Approach
10:40–11:00AM EST
Faisal A. Alseaidan (Univ. California, Berkeley), Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Coupled Neutronics -- Thermal-Hydraulics -- Thermomechanics Modeling of Molten Chloride Reactor
11:00–11:20AM EST
Mauricio Tano (INL), Ramiro Freile (INL), Rodrigo de Oliveira (INL), Samuel A. Walker (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Impact of Heaters on Molten Salt Reactor Dynamics
11:20–11:40AM EST
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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