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
All of the information that we were getting up to that time from the NRC people, from our people who knew something about nuclear power, was that the breach of the core was not a likelihood to happen. — 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
