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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 THD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
SuJong Yoon (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Ling Zou
Session Organizer:
Subash L. Sharma
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Development of a Data Platform for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) Thermal-Fluid Experiments
10:00–10:20AM MST
Sunming Qin (INL), Minseop Song (INL), Cam Binh T. Pham (INL), Mitchell Plummer (INL), Stefan Vietz (INL), Gerhard Strydom (INL)
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Experimental Program for Demonstrating the Timely Insertion of Safety Rods in MYRRHA
10:20–10:40AM MST
Julio Pacio (SCK CEN), Damien Lamberts (SCK CEN), Katrien Van Tichelen (SCK CEN)
Evaluation of Pressure Drop Models for 7-Pin Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundles
10:40–11:00AM MST
Adam Dix (Purdue), Zhengting Quan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
A Preliminary Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis for the NIST Neutron Source
11:00–11:20AM MST
Idan R. Baroukh (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Anil Gurgen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Joy S. Shen (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Abdullah G. Weiss (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
Preliminary Safety Analysis for a 400-kW Molten Salt Nuclear Battery
11:20–11:40AM MST
Thanh Hua (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Paul Marrota (MicroNuclear), Richard Christensen (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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