[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 14662-14663]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING KEMAL PASAMEHMETOGLU FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AT THE IDAHO 
                          NATIONAL LABORATORY

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 21, 2017

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Kemal 
Pasamehmetoglu for his leadership at the Idaho National Laboratory 
(INL). For the past five and a half years, Dr. Pasamehmetoglu has 
served as the Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science & 
Technology at INL.
  Dr. Pasamehmetoglu has been instrumental in supporting the Department 
of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy in developing the roadmap and 
setting national research and development priorities. His vision and 
passion for nuclear energy has been a huge asset to INL, the Office of 
Nuclear Energy, and the nation.
  During his tenure, Kemal traveled the globe serving in leadership 
positions in multi-national collaborative efforts. He enhanced INL's 
reputation nationally and internationally as a groundbreaking 
laboratory for nuclear energy research and development.
  Most recently, Kemal led the national effort to develop the Gateway 
for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative and served

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as its first National Director. The GAIN initiative provides the 
nuclear community with access to the technical, regulatory, and 
financial support necessary to move innovative nuclear energy 
technologies toward commercialization while ensuring the continued 
safe, reliable, and economic operation of the existing nuclear fleet.
  Kemal has accepted a new position at INL as the Executive Director of 
the Versatile Fast Neutron Source Research and Development Initiative. 
A fast reactor would be groundbreaking in providing next generation 
nuclear fuel testing capabilities.
  Kemal holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University 
of Central Florida and has more than 30 years of research engineering 
experience within the national laboratory system.

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