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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.
Julio Cezar Suita, Arthur Gerbasi da Silva, Luiz Telmo Auler, Solange de Barros
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 126 | Number 1 | May 1997 | Pages 101-107
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A24461
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Cross sections of the 58Ni(n,p)58Co, 51Co(n,p)59Fe, 51V(n,α)48Sc, and 59Co(n,2n)58Co reactions and isomer ratios for the 58Ni(n,p)58Co reaction were measured for some neutron energies between 9 and 14 MeV. Neutron spectrometry, with an NE-213 scintillation detector, of the beams from the D(d,n)3He reaction was used to evaluate the activation induced by breakup neutrons on natural nickel, cobalt, vanadium, and aluminum-monitor targets. The results are compared with earlier measurements and with theoretical calculations performed with the aid of the GNASH code (Hauser-Feschbach model including pre-equilibrium corrections).
