Because it's a complete nonstarter with the public (thanks to all the fiction like the Simpsons, Godzilla, etc) and the attack ads write themselves. Telling the

Because it's a complete nonstarter with the public (thanks to all the fiction like the Simpsons, Godzilla, etc) and the attack ads write themselves. Telling the public that they've been horribly mislead by their entertainment requires burning a LOT of money and political capital and isn't really worth it for any given politician. Step 1 would basically be instilling Joe Q Public with an appreciation for quantification and if you can do THAT you've also solved a huge range of problems unrelated to nuclear power at the same time. This is also an _extremely_ difficult step that I'd expect to cost tens to hundreds of billions of dollars in education and propaganda.