[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO DR. TERRY TODD AND DR. MARK DeHART

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, along with my colleague Senator Jim 
Risch, I wish to honor Dr. Terry Todd and Dr. Mark DeHart, researchers 
at the Idaho National Laboratory, INL. The American Nuclear Society, 
ANS, recently recognized both as Fellows, which is the highest honor 
ANS bestows on an individual. These two world-class researchers are 
being recognized for their outstanding leadership, professional 
accomplishments, and service to the profession.
  Dr. Terry Todd is the INL Fuel Cycle Science & Technology Director 
and an INL Laboratory Fellow. Terry's primary focus is directing 
research and development of advanced technologies for spent nuclear 
fuel recycling and other chemical separation applications. Dr. Todd 
holds bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from 
Montana State University and a Ph.D. in radiochemical engineering from 
Khlopin Radium Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. Terry has 33 years 
of experience in chemical separation technologies involving spent 
nuclear fuel and radioactive waste, holds 23 U.S. patents and 6 Russian 
patents, and has published more than 180 journal articles, reports, and 
conference proceedings.
  Dr. Mark DeHart is a distinguished R&D nuclear engineer in the INL's 
Reactor Physics Analysis and Design Department, and he also serves as 
deputy director for Reactor Physics Modeling and Simulation. Mark is 
the principal investigator and research director for development and 
validation of a modeling and simulation capability for the Transient 
Reactor Test Facility, TREAT, under the U.S. Department of Energy 
Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation program, NEAMS. Dr. 
DeHart came to the INL in 2010 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and 
he has extensive experience in reactor physics, criticality safety, 
depletion and spent fuel characterization, cross-section processing, 
and computer code verification and validation. Mark holds bachelor's, 
master's, and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M 
University and is the current chair of the Idaho Section of the ANS. 
Dr. DeHart has more than 100 publications in journals, conference 
proceedings, and national laboratory reports related to computational 
methods and other fields.
  Congratulating Dr. Terry Todd and Dr. Mark DeHart for receiving this 
prestigious recognition is a great honor and a reminder of the many 
talented Idahoans working at the INL. The men and women who do 
exceptional research, development, and testing at the Idaho National 
Laboratory are greatly deserving of recognition. Thank you, Terry and 
Mark, for your hard work, and congratulations on your many 
accomplishments.

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