Our bodies were the same, and when I touched her I knew what she was feeling, just as she knew when touching me it seemed both normal and unbearable.

NEWYORKER: The Reptile Garden

She said she had no idea how important the work was when she first joined up, "I just knew it got food on to the table".

BBC: A member of the Women's Land Army

She wished she knew what kind of region it was, whether it was prairie or forest, or just mile after mile of suburb or strip mall, like the America on television crime shows.

NEWYORKER: The Bell Ringer

She adds that the NRC is investigating what it knew about the tritium leaks and when, looking at not just Exelon, but at itself to see if the agency acted as it should.

NPR: Officials Probe Spills at Illinois Nuclear Power Plant