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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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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 OPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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TRANSFORM - A Vision for Modern Advanced Reactor System-Level Modeling and Simulation Using Modelica
Michael S. Greenwood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Paper
Gear Test Assembly - Testing Gears and Bearings in Liquid Sodium
Edward Kent (Argonne National Laboratory), Henry Belch (Argonne National Laboratory), Sasan Bakhtiari (Argonne National Laboratory), H.T. Chien (Argonne National Laboratory), Chris Grandy (Argonne National Laboratory)
SMART Natural Circulation Long Term Cooling Performance Analysis for the Extended Design Basis Accidents using MARS-KS
Youn Shil Kim (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc.), Sunghwan Bae (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc), Nhan H. Hoang (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc), S.K. Sim (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc)
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Generalized Python Tool for Thermal Hydraulics Core Analysis of Advanced Reactors
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth University), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth University)
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