"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."

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"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."

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"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 the trouble, which was the water and where it was."

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