IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm made her first visit to Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Wednesday.
Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, was appointed by President Joe Biden to lead the Energy department and confirmed by the United States Senate. She is the nation’s 16th energy secretary.
Granholm met with INL staff, including Director John Wagner, who briefed the secretary on an initiative that aims to reduce INL’s carbon emissions to net-zero by 2031.
The secretary toured key research facilities on INL’s 890 square-mile Site and Idaho Falls campus. She also received updates on clean energy and national security projects, including advanced nuclear reactor demonstrations planned for the INL Site in the coming years.
“INL’s clean energy and national security research will be critical to…