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Anna Betts

Radioactive wasp nest discovered at nuclear waste storage site in South Carolina

Radioactive waste sealed in large stainless steel canisters
Radioactive nuclear waste storage at the Savannah River site near Aiken, South Carolina, in 2013. Photograph: Stephen B Morton/AP

The US Department of Energy has reported the discovery of a radioactive wasp nest at one of its facilities in South Carolina that was once involved in the production of parts for nuclear weapons.

According to a 22 July department report, the contaminated nest was discovered at the facility – the Savannah River site – on 3 July near tanks used to store liquid nuclear waste.

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