About this episode

Greg Piefer discusses the innovative approach of Shine Technologies in the nuclear fusion sector.

Shine Technologies is a unique nuclear fusion company. The conventional path for nuclear fusion projects is to raise and spend billions of dollars and decades of research and development in efforts to successfully find a path over, around or through the technical barriers that have prevented nuclear fusion from becoming a large scale energy production source. Until relatively recently, that path was almost completely dependent on government grants. In cases like the ITER – International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor – the effort has involved tens of billions of dollars (current estimate is $25 B), thousands of scientists, engineers, constructors and technicians and a construction schedule that stretches out over 29 years. The funding partnership includes six individual countries plus the European Union, which is supplying approximately 45% of the budget. Parts and materials for the project are being supplied by 35 different countries. Greg Piefer , Shine Technologies CEO and Founder, chose a different path. He is a technical expert and fusion researcher who was inspired by the same dreams of unlimited fusion energy that drive others to study and work in the field, but he…

People in this episode

Host: Rod Adams

Guest: Greg Piefer

Topics covered

• nuclear fusion
• energy production
• technology innovation
• investment strategies
• scientific research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shine Technologies, ITER, European Union

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