This ETV Classic is the third in the three part documentary and follows up on the changes to the Chernobyl area in Ukraine as nature bounced back after the nuclear accident, despite high levels of radiation.
The photos and documentary footage were taken by SCETV in partnership with the University of South Carolina and takes us across the world to an area that had been devastated by an accident of catastrophic proportions. Rudy Mancke, Sherry Beasley, and Allen Sharpe of ETV help capture the heart of the area. USC made a commitment to help and opened the eyes of the government and made more information forthcoming. Rudy talks about commensal species and radionuclides and speaks with some delight about the white storks returning to the area, once more to build their nests. View the entire Chernobyl Collection.
Side Notes
- Rudy Mancke (1945 – 2023) - South Carolina Hall of Fame. A look at the life and legacy of Rudy Mancke.
- Charles Bierbauer (1942 – 2025)-past president of the White House Correspondents' Association and longtime CNN Correspondent. Charles J. Bierbauer Obituary - University of South Carolina.
- Timothy Mosseau - Biological Sciences; Earth Ocean and Environment, McCausland College of Arts and Sciences.
- Gordon B. Smith - Distinguished Professor Emeritus Political Science.
- Eduardo B. Farfan is a professor of Nuclear Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been at Kennesaw State University since 2014. He was born in La Paz Bolivia and completed his undergraduate studies in Nuclear Physics at the Belorussian State University in Minsk, Belarus.
- Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
- Radioecology - is the branch of ecology concerning the presence of radioactivity in Earth’s ecosystems. Investigations in radioecology include field sampling, experimental field and laboratory procedures, and the development of environmentally predictive simulation models in an attempt to understand the migration methods of radioactive material throughout the environment. The practice consists of techniques from the general sciences of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and ecology, coupled with applications in radiation protection. Radioecological studies provide the necessary data for dose estimation and risk assessment regarding radioactive pollution and its effects on human and environmental health.
