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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
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenan Unlu
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Database Construction for Nuclear Heating Calculations
1:00–1:20PM MST
Roberto E. Fairhurst-Agosta (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Feasibility of 225Ac and 227Th Production and Fast Neutron Utilization in a Versatile Thorium Target System
1:20–1:40PM MST
Kwangho Ju (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Hot Surface Ion Source Experiments at the University of Missouri Research Reactor
1:40–2:00PM MST
Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri), Brad Jeffries (Univ. Missouri), John Gahl (Univ. Missouri), J. David Robertson (Univ. Missouri)
Ce(IV) Stabilization in Tris-Chelate Homoleptic Complexes: Building Blocks for Probing Energy-Degeneracy-Driven Covalency in f-Elements Through Odd Oxidation States
2:00–2:20PM MST
Felipe A. Pereiro (Colorado School of Mines), Shane Galley (Colorado School of Mines), Mark R. Antonio (Colorado School of Mines), Daniel J. Burrill (LANL), Ping Yang (LANL), Enrique Batista (LANL), Stosh Kozimor (LANL), Jenifer C. Shafer (Colorado School of Mines)
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