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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 ETWDD
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Acacia
Session Chair:
Andrew R. Griffith
Alternate Chair:
Cathy S. Dixon
Session Organizer:
Kim Dougherty
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Topical Analysis of Nuclear Experts' Perceptions of Publics, Nuclear Energy, and Sustainable Futures: A Publication Summary
3:15–3:35PM MST
Hannah K. Patenaude (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Emma Frances Bloomfield (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Paper
Overview of the Development and Verification of the ntpThermo Code for the Design of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors
3:35–3:55PM MST
Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
A Plug-And-Play Iterative Estimation Framework to Simultaneously De-Curtain and Denoise FIB-Curtained Nuclear Fuel Microstructures
3:55–4:15PM MST
Alejandro Figueroa Bengoa (Purdue), Maria A. Okuniewski (Purdue)
Organic Glass Scintillator Bars with Dual-Ended Readout
4:15–4:35PM MST
Nathan Giha (Univ. Michigan), Sara A. Pozzi (Univ. Michigan)
Discovery of Spontaneous De-Interpenetration Through Charged Point-Point Repulsions
4:35–4:55PM MST
Sylvia Hanna (Northwestern Univ.), Omar K. Farha (Northwestern Univ.)
Identifying Potential Electron Transitions in a Ce(III)-Catecholate Metal-Organic Framework
4:55–5:15PM MST
Julia G. Knapp (Northwestern Univ.), Debmalya Ray (PNNL), Omar K. Farha (Northwestern Univ.)
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