When I started walking and I looked down and I saw on the floor this water, which looked like, you know, water in your basement except it happened to be in the auxiliary building of a nuclear power plant. — William Scranton Copy Share Image
And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it. — William Scranton Copy Share Image
I was scheduled to give my first official press conference that morning anyway, 'cause I was chairman of the Governors Energy Council and I… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take people with severe radiation… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm not looking in the core of the reactor, but I am looking at what, at that time, was considered the source of… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are. — William Scranton Copy Share Image
You're feeling the responsibility for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people on your shoulder in a way that I couldn't feel as… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
What I had said in the morning was that this is what we know has happened, but there has been no significant off-site release.… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
They're calling their Washington sources at the NRC or in Congress and they're not hesitating to give their opinion, but their opinion, frankly, in… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning - going down and finding out that… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
It took me 45 minutes to get in all of the suits and putting all the dosimeters on me so that they knew how… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
And it was at that point that I realized, in fact, our whole administration realized, that we could not rely on Metropolitan Edison for… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
There are allowable limits for radiation going - I mean there's radiation all around us. There's radiation from your television set. There's radiation from… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
My time inside there was very short compared to the amount of time it took to take on and take off this suit and… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing. — William Scranton Copy Share Image
