Radioactive Wasp Nest Discovered At Nuclear Weapons Plant

Lions and tigers and … nuclear wasps?!

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. A radioactive wasp nest was discovered at a South Carolina facility that was once upon a time a plant that produced nuclear weapons. The nest was around Aiken at the Savannah River Site (SRS), per a report from the U.S. Department of Energy per BroBible.

Tasked with going to the decommissioned nuclear weapons plant July 3 to check radiation levels, employees found the wasp nest that measured more than 10 times what is legal in compliance with federal regulations. The wasps built their nest around tanks where there was storage of liquid nuclear waste.

The report from the DOE states that the nest was hit with insecticide spray and then disposed of in the fashion of radioactive waste. The DOE’s report also reads that the nuclear waste tanks didn’t have any leaks. (RELATED: Alligator Rightfully Steals Lady’s Flip Flop After She Ridiculously Interferes With Nature)

“The delay in reporting was to allow time for reviewing previous wildlife contamination for consistency in reporting criteria,” said officials. “No further action was required in the field. There is no impact from [the] event on other activities and operations.”

The Department of Energy went on to say that the nest was radioactive because of “onsite legacy radioactive contamination” from the time when the site was active, and “not related to a loss of contamination control.” The DOE went on to report that “the ground and surrounded area did not have any contamination.”

Managing the plant site, the Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) spoke to the Aiken Standard and said that there was “no contamination was found in the area” and that “there were no impacts to workers, the environment, or the public.” SRMC went on to say that if any wasps considered radioactive managed to escape, they “would have significantly lower levels of contamination.”

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 — but officials say there is no danger to the public. https://t.co/px1Ou81DDp pic.twitter.com/9wPj5ouJGU

— ABC News (@ABC) July 30, 2025

The fact that some radioactive wasps might have gotten away … yikes!