Four radioactive wasp nests were discovered at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The first nest was destroyed, and the wasps were disposed of as radioactive waste. The DOE asserts ...

Several radioactive wasp nests have been found in South Carolina at a site that used to produce parts for nuclear weapons, according to officials. The first wasp nest was detected on July 3 at the ...

At a former nuclear weapons site in South Carolina, workers recently found a wasp nest contaminated with high levels of radiation near an underground waste tank. The discovery was made on July 3 at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Multiple radioactive wasp nests have ...

Many people are terrified of wasps because of the insects' aggressive reputations and sharp stingers. Now, there's another reason to steer clear of them-at least that's the case if you live near a ...

The buzz about radioactive wasps at a Cold War-era nuclear site in South Carolina just won’t die. Investigators found “hot” nests inside a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, with scientists ...

The recent Aiken Standard article on the radioactive wasp nest, removed near an SRS nuclear waste tank, raises more questions and concerns than it answers. First of all, the measured radioactivity of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Concerns are rising in the Lowcountry as four wasp nests have tested positive for traces of nuclear waste. The first nest was discovered in July and subsequently removed. Now ...

Reports of radioactive wasp nests at the Savannah River Site spawned news coverage the nation over and even spread to Great Britain, where the BBC focused as much on the “old US nuclear weapons site” ...

The discovery of a radioactive wasp nest at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina, was reported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on July 22. The contamination level of the nest was ...

IFLScience needs the contact information you provide to us to contact you about our products and services. You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time.