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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 IRD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair:
Kenan Unlu
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Brenden J. Heidrich
Staff Producer:
Rick Michal (American Nuclear Society)
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Estimating source-detector distance using coincidence events
Christopher R. Greulich (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dhaval Patel (Georgia Tech), Shirly Rodriguez (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Enginery), James E. Baciak (University of Florida)
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Suitability of Analytic Treatment of Radiation Transport for High Resolution Gamma Ray Computed Tomography
Zhongmin Jin (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Joseph T. Graham (Missouri University of Science & Technology)
A Machine Learning Approach for Background Radiation Modeling and Anomaly Detection in Radiation Time Series pertained to Nuclear Security
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (University of Texas San Antonio), Alexander Heifetz (Argonne National Laboratory)
Intelligent Data Smoothing of Gamma-Ray Spectra using Relevance Vector Machines with Application to Nuclear Security
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (University of Texas San Antonio)
Design Progress of a Subcritical Reactor for Pilot Scale 99Mo Production
Robert N. Wahlen (Niowave, Inc.), Chad Denbrock (Niowave, Inc.), Terry L. Grimm (Niowave, Inc.), Puran Deng (University of Michigan), Won S. Yang (University of Michigan)
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