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William Scranton
William Scranton
American Politician
Born: Jul 19, 1917
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Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm
The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state. William Scranton
Government Relationship People Value State Citizens Direct Affairs Interest Themselves Display Serve
None of us are nuclear experts, but we know that if there is a melt-down and breach of containment, that's clearly the most odious thing that could happen. William Scranton
Could Clearly Know Most None Odious Breach Happen Experts Us Nuclear Thing
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. Only to find out moments later that, in fact, there had been an off-site release. I still haven't gotten over that. William Scranton
Morning Later Release Out Has-Been Significant Find Only Fact Had Over Know Said Gotten Still Been In Fact Happened Moments
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are. William Scranton
Release Out Had Commission EPA Worked Regulatory Nuclear
And if you're not going to have a clear health threat, you don't want to panic people. William Scranton
Health You People Panic Threat Clear Going Want
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 those early days was not very well informed. William Scranton
Congress Those Frankly Give Days Well Calling Well-Informed Opinion Sources Very Informed Washington Early Early Days
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 lieutenant governor. William Scranton
You People Responsibility Feeling Hundreds Way Hundreds Of Thousands Thousands Lieutenant Feel Governor Shoulder Your Millions Millions Of People
None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing. William Scranton
Plant Power Drawing Schematic Had Knew Power Plant Like Looked None Us
It took me 45 minutes to get in all of the suits and putting all the dosimeters on me so that they knew how much radiation I got and the protective boots and everything. William Scranton
Me Suits Took Everything Boots Minutes Knew Putting Protective Got How How Much Get Much Radiation
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. William Scranton
Time Water Trouble Looking Considered Obviously Am Source Where Which Core
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. William Scranton
You Water Plant Power Building Down Saw Except Power Plant Like Know Looked Walking Happened Which Your Floor Basement Nuclear Nuclear Power Started
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. William Scranton
Time Me Took Inside My Time Take How How Much Test Off Very Short Much Compared Amount Suit

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