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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.
H. J. Ahn, T. J. Kim, S. B. Park, M. H. Baik, Y. K. Choi, J. M. Park, B. K. Lee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 4 | May 2020 | Pages 596-599
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1729296
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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company, Ltd., has operated the Wolsong Tritium Removal Facility (WTRF) since 2007 to reduce tritium concentrations in the moderator and coolant of the Wolsong nuclear power plant. As a result of the WTRF operation, the concentration of tritium in the moderator and coolant significantly decreased from 2320 to 9.3 GBq/kg. In particular, the tritium concentrations of the radioactive waste directly affected by radioactivity in the moderator and coolant were reduced by up to 99% during the WTRF operation. For this purpose, a chemical separation and quantification method for tritium separation was developed, and its average recovery yield was 98%.
