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Wade C. Morris, Chapter President

The Cincinnati Radiation Society (CRS) Chapter of the Health Physics Society (HPS) met virtually on Wednesday, 15 January 2025 to hear Kevin Young, PE, present on the "World's First Drone Flight Inside a Very High Radiation Nuclear Waste Storage Facility." In the highly visual presentation, attendees learned how a well-integrated team of engineers, operators, managers, and industry experts all worked together to overcome the multiple technical and programmatic challenges associated with using the emerging technology of indoor inspection drones to collect critical 3D spatial and radiation survey data from inside a US Department of Energy very high radiation nuclear waste storage facility. In doing so, the team accomplished something that had never been done before. Audience members gained a better understanding of what indoor inspection drones are capable of and where this rapidly evolving technology is heading.