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.

A IKEN, S.C. ( WCBD) – A radioactive wasp nest was recently found in South Carolina, according to a report from the Department of Energy. The report says Radiological Control Operations at the Savannah River Site discovered a wasp nest near the nuclear facility on July 3.

Radioactive wasps were on the loose in South Carolina, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, The State reported. The newspaper said the discovery was made July 3 at an old nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina.