Citizens Quote by William Scranton

And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.

— William Scranton

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

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

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

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are.

— William Scranton

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

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

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

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

By Thursday morning, we'd gotten over the worst of it.

— William Scranton

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

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