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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.
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Pietro Barabaschi, Yoshiki Murakami
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 40 | Number 1 | July 2001 | Pages 37-51
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A178
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Recently, the technical objectives of ITER were redefined aiming at a cost reduction of ~50% from the 1998 ITER design. Machine parameters that would satisfy the revised technical requirements under the engineering constraints were specified using a system code. The performances of the 1998 ITER and a redefined machine were studied and compared. As a result of these studies, final machine parameters were determined with revised conservative physics assumptions. This redefined machine is referred to as ITER-FEAT. It was shown that ITER-FEAT would achieve Q = 10 in inductive operation with reasonable and conservative assumptions. Also, with an efficient current drive system and modest confinement improvement, the possibility of Q = 5 noninductive operations in a steady state was shown.