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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.
Y. Yamasaki, S. Fukada, K. Hiyane, K. Katayama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 4 | May 2017 | Pages 501-506
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1291028
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In order to make proof of the recovery of hydrogen isotopes from a liquid lithium (Li) blanket, we experimented the recovery of deuterium (D) dissolved in Li by means of yttrium (Y) metal at 300°C. In the experiment, 160 wppm D dissolved in Li was removed down to 1 wppm by means of the Y trap maintained at 300°C under fluidized Li conditions. The ratio of the final-state D concentration dissolved in Li to the initial one is defined as a removal efficiency, and the removal efficiency was found to be in proportion to the D concentration remained in Li. In addition, judging from its dependence on D concentration remained in Li, it was found that the removal efficiency is well consistent with the secondary-order reaction process and the removal efficiency was correlated to a function of contact time.
