Image via Getty Images You may not want to go swimming off Cape Cod for a bit. Nuclear waste being dumped off the coast could turn the waters radioactive for as long as a month. According to a study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

A recently released study conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds that any wastewater discharge allowed as part of the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has a “high probability” of lingering in Cape Cod Bay for more than a month.

The pristine waters off Cape Cod could become radioactive for as long as a month after a new study found that nuclear waste being dumped from the tony peninsula has a 'high probability' of lingering.