An analysis found the wasp nest's contamination level to be "greater than 10 times the total contamination levels" set in federal regulations.

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.

South Carolina workers discovered a radioactive wasp nest at the site of a facility that used to make materials for nuclear bombs.