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.
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.
(Lawmakers) claimed it was for their hard work. Well, you don't reward people for working hard. You reward people for getting results,
I mean, obviously, people don't like to know that somebody's venting that, but you have sulfur dioxide coming out of power plants.
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.
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