Three-body systems in pionless effective field theory

Investigations of three-body nuclear systems using pionless effective field theory (EFT pi) are reviewed. The history of EFT pi in ad and pd scattering is briefly discussed and emphasis put on the use of strict perturbative techniques. In addition renormalization issues appearing in pd scattering are also presented. Bound state calculations are addressed and new perturbative techniques for describing them are highlighted. Three-body breakup observables in ad scattering are also considered and the utility of EFT pi for addressing them.