Small Modular Reactor - sources of public acceptability advantages

If the new ENHS proves practical to implement, it might significantly improve the economics, safety, proliferation-resistance and public acceptability of nuclear reactors:

Public Acceptability: Via all the above, plus the concept of a long-life nuclear battery.

[Source: DOE Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) Project Abstract, "STAR: The Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor System, Encapsulated Fission Heat-Source", November 22, 1999]