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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.
V. Kumar, Nagendra Singh Raghaw, H. S. Palsania
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 172 | Number 2 | October 2012 | Pages 151-163
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE11-41
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A Monte Carlo code is developed in Visual Basic 6.0 for the study of radiation damage of pure metals irradiated by a neutron spectrum. At energies <10 MeV, development of cascades of elastic interactions of both primary neutrons and secondary recoiled atoms is incorporated. In a collision, kinetic energy given to an atom below or above the threshold displacement energy Ed (eV) is calculated along with the displacements. Displacements, defect production efficiency η, and damage energy Tdam are estimated to relate to the physical changes in the irradiated metal and to estimate the displacements per atom. The code is validated by determining the defect density on the surface of irradiated thin nickel foil and comparing with the hill-hock density of displaced atoms, using atomic force microscopy. In the case of irradiation of a niobium sample, stress-strain and I-V characteristics are measured before and after the irradiation by neutrons from an Am-Be source, and both stress and electrical resistance are shown to be enhanced after the irradiation.