It is hard to believe that after lack of education on nuclear power was identified as a problem for the industry many years ago, we still have an issue with it.
SMR survey suggests low awareness but high acceptability
https://www.ans.org/news/article-5095/smr-survey-suggests-low-awareness-but-high-acceptability/
Everyone was educated, but their attention level slid off onto more exciting things (like luggage theft.) Then it was completely forgotten in a month.