William Scranton

“Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around.”

“And if you're not going to have a clear health threat, you don't want to panic people.”

“There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take people with severe radiation poisoning.”

“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.”

“My time inside there was very short compared to the amount of time it took to take on and take off this suit and to test me for how much radioactivity I have.”