Mancke: Japan’s situation could be ‘radioactive volcano’ - Local / Metro - TheState.com

Famed South Carolina naturalist and Chernobyl expert Rudy Mancke said Sunday that Japan’s nuclear situation could become a historic catastrophe if early reports of meltdowns turn out to be true — depending on the severity of the meltdowns.

“If they are melting down and being released into the air, they are going to become a radioactive volcano,” said Mancke, 65, the University of South Carolina’s naturalist in residence who has studied animal and plant life around Chernobyl for more than two decades.

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Mancke: Japan’s situation could be ‘radioactive volcano’ - Local / Metro - TheState.com