The Problem with Dumping the Pump. The BWRX-300 uses natural circulation so that it can ditch pumps. But what if that’s a bad thing? I’ve been on the record as calling GE Vernova’s BWRX-300 “the closest thing to a sure thing” in comparison to the current crop of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This is because — as GE relentlessly tells us — the BWRX-300 is just the tenth revolution of the tried-and-true Boiling Water Reactor (BWR).
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