The hazardous insect abode was located near a set of tanks filled with liquid nuclear waste, although the team didn’t detect any leaks. Instead, experts believe the nest set off Geiger counters through what’s known as “onsite legacy radioactive contamination.

Learn more about the wasp nest found at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and how no wasps have been found around it.

The Department of Energy said radiation contamination levels on the wasps' nest were over ten times the regulated maximum.