[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 98 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1046-E1047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF TODD ALLEN AND KEMAL PASAMEHMETOGLU

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 23, 2014

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the work of 
Deputy Laboratory Director Todd Allen and Associate Laboratory Director 
Kemal Pasamehmetoglu, two of the Idaho National Laboratory's leaders in 
nuclear energy research and development. On June 17, 2014, The American 
Nuclear Society's Materials Science and Technology Division honored 
these two Idaho National Laboratory leaders with achievement awards at 
the American Nuclear Society meeting in Reno, Nevada. The awards were 
presented at the American Nuclear Society Embedded Topical meeting on 
Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials.
  Kemal Pasamehmetoglu, Idaho National Laboratory's Associate 
Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science & Technology was honored as the 
2013 recipient of its Special Achievement Award. The division's most 
prestigious award recognizes international leadership in establishing a 
science-based approach to nuclear fuel development and seminal 
contributions to the nuclear materials area.
  Todd Allen, Idaho National Laboratory's Deputy Laboratory Director 
for Science & Technology, was honored as the 2012 recipient of the 
Outstanding Achievement Award for his leadership and many contributions 
to nuclear materials area.
  Our nation needs to continue investing in research and development to 
enhance economic prosperity, energy security and US leadership. While 
researchers like Todd Allen and Kemal Pasamehmetoglu have come to the 
Idaho National Laboratory to use unique equipment and facilities to 
push nuclear technology forward, they are also leading teams of 
talented men and women to accelerate American innovation. It is 
appropriate that the American Nuclear Society has recognized Drs. Allen 
and Pasamehmetoglu for their technical contributions, and I would like 
to offer my own thanks to Todd and Kemal for their great work.

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