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Interview: Jay Brister of General Fusion

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Private fusion energy researcher General Fusion is building its U.S. headquarters in Oak Ridge to be closer to its engineering partners at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The company plans to break ground next year in the United Kingdom on a first-of-its-kind commercial pilot plant producing magnetized target fusion. Jay Brister is General Fusion’s Chief Business Development Officer. He spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about how the rapid evolution of technologies through public/private partnerships includes one of the most elusive: fusion energy.

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.