Making people aware of what 'design basis analysis' means, and how it's applied, would probably aleviate much of the anxiety created, and perpetuated, by the media and anyone else who might capitalize by spreading fear and ignorance.
It's amazing to me that there has never been any effort by mainstream media to provide any truly useful information concerning commercial nuclear generation, the amount of regulation and oversight involved, and the conservative nature and over-engineering involved in ALL aspects of design, operation and maintenance.
The phrase "Too cheap to meter" was probably not intended as a joke.