This statistic shows the views of respondents to a 2019 survey as to the knowledge of small modular reactors in the United Kingdom (UK). Levels of knowledge of these reactors was low, with 82 percent of respondents admitting they had never heard of them.
Before today, how much, if anything, did you know about Small Modular Reactors?
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (November 7, 2019). Before today, how much, if anything, did you know about Small Modular Reactors? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/971179/knowledge-of-small-modular-reactors-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Before today, how much, if anything, did you know about Small Modular Reactors?." Chart. November 7, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971179/knowledge-of-small-modular-reactors-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2019). Before today, how much, if anything, did you know about Small Modular Reactors?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971179/knowledge-of-small-modular-reactors-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Before Today, How Much, If Anything, Did You Know about Small Modular Reactors?." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971179/knowledge-of-small-modular-reactors-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Before today, how much, if anything, did you know about Small Modular Reactors? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971179/knowledge-of-small-modular-reactors-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Before today, how much, if anything, did you know about Small Modular Reactors? [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, November 7, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/971179/knowledge-of-small-modular-reactors-united-kingdom-uk/