
During a nearly three-hour budget hearing into which nuclear weapons seldom figured, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she supports building a two-state complex to produce at least 80 plutonium pits annually. That’s among the most, if not the most, definitive statement of support any senior Biden administration official has made for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) pit plan since inauguration day. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) got the pledge out of Granholm when the House Appropriations Energy and…