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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.
2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Bruce Carlsten
Alternate Chair:
Steve Russell
Session Organizer:
Yongqiang Wang
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A Workflow for Combining Multiple MCNP Models and Debugging Geometries using Geomwriter and FLAIR
1:00–1:25PM EST
Muhammad R. Altahhan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Kyle Grammer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), W. Lu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Franz X. Gallmeier (ORNL)
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McDakDriver - A McStas and Dakota Framework for Neutrons Instruments Design Optimization
1:25–1:50PM EST
Muhammad R. Altahhan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Thomas Huegle (ORNL), Erik B. Iverson (Spallation Neutron Source), F. X. Gallmeier (ORNL)
Advancing Radiological Assessments with the Mesh-Enabled Fluence Weighting Tool
1:50–2:15PM EST
Bartosz Idzior (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Davide Bozzato (CERN), Robert Froeschl (CERN)
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