By Thursday Morning, We'd Gotten Over The

The First One, Obviously, Was Walking Into My Office At Eight O'clock In The Morning On Wednesday, And Being Told There Was A Telephone Call Saying That There Was An Incident At Three Mile Island, And That It Had Shut Down And That Beyond That We Didn't Know.

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.

You Need A Graphic Understanding Of A Situation To Make A Complete Judgment And We Didn't Have That.

And If You're Not Going To Have A Clear Health Threat, You Don't Want To Panic People.

And At Ten, Or Whatever Time, In The Morning We Had The Press Conference, What We Knew Is There Had Been An Incident At Three Mile Island, That It Was Shut Down, That There Was Water That Had Escaped But It Was Contained.