Employees who routinely check radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found a wasp nest on July 3 on a post near tanks where liquid nuclear waste is stored.

Workers at a facility in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs discovered a radioactive wasp nest. Despite the buzz, officials said the nest has been destroyed and poses no danger to the public.

A terrifying discovery was made at a nuclear facility in South Carolina: radioactive wasps. Radiological Control Operations found a wasp nest on a post close to a tank at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.