As if 2025 weren’t already strange enough.
Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest.
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, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.The nest had a radiation level 10 times what is allowed by federal regulations, officials said.The workers sprayed the nest with insect killer, removed it and disposed of it as radioactive waste. No wasps were found, officials said.
The ground and surrounding area were tested and reported not to have any radioactive contamination. The radioactivity is assumed to be a legacy from previous operations.
No mention was made of how the wasps became radioactive, but it was not a case of radioactivity escaping the site’s boundaries, officials said.“The wasp nest is considered onsite legacy radioactive contamination not related to a loss of contamination control,” the DOE reports.“There is no impact from (the) event on other activities and operations.” The report didn’t specify which wasp species was involved or if anyone was stung. It’s not the first time a hint of contamination has been found in wildlife at the site.In 2017, staff found a radioactive dollop of bird poop during roof repairs, and they actually set up a barricade around it, report states.
Out: Murder hornets (officially eradicated in 2024). In: Radioactive Wasps.
Hopefully, this incident will not morph into another woke Marvel super-hero franchise.
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