"All of the information that we were getting……" — William Scranton
"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."
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25 Quotes by William Scranton
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By Thursday morning, we'd gotten over the worst of it.
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Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what…
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The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in…
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Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning - going down…
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are.
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But the issue became, how long do you keep the press waiting so that you can gather more information?
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And at ten, or whatever time, in the morning we had the press conference, what we knew is there had…
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And it was at that point that I realized, in fact, our whole administration realized, that we could not rely…
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There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take…
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None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing.
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It took me 45 minutes to get in all of the suits and putting all the dosimeters on me so…
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And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.
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