By Thursday Morning, We'd Gotten Over The

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.

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.

Another Very Strong Image From The First Day Was Giving My Initial Press Conference In The Morning - Going Down And Finding Out That Everything I Had Said, The Essence Of What I Had Said, Was Wrong.

By Thursday Morning, We'd Gotten Over The Worst Of It.

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.