"None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing."

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"None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing."

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"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."

Time

"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."

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"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."

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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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