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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.
Motoyuki Nakamura, Makoto Ichimura, Katsuaki Sakata, Masamitsu Oikawa, Yuriko Ohta, Hidekazu Kano, Satoru Tanaka, Soshun Saosaki, Kiyoomi Kadoya, Toshiki Kawabata, Shinji Kobayashi, Hitoshi Hojo, Yousuke Nakashima, Tsuguhiro Watanabe, Kiyoshi Yatsu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 339-342
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In the GAMMA10 tandem mirror, ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) waves are effectively used for the plasma production and heating. Alfvén ion cyclotron (AIC) modes are spontaneously excited due to the strong heating. Stability boundary for the AIC modes is analyzed by introducing the effective mirror ratio. It is shown that the AIC modes become more unstable with smaller mirror ratio. The pitch angle scattering of the high energy ions due to the AIC mode are clearly observed.
