Radioactive wasp nest found at site where US once made nuclear bombs

Workers at a South Carolina site that once made nuclear bomb parts have found a radioactive wasp nest. Officials say there's no danger to anyone. Employees checking radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found the nest on July 3. It was near tanks storing liquid nuclear waste. The nest had radiation levels 10 times above federal limits. Workers sprayed it with insect killer and disposed of it as radioactive waste. No wasps were found. Officials say the nest was likely contaminated from residual radioactivity. Watchdog group Savannah River Site Watch criticized the report for lacking details on the contamination source.

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#KnowledgeByte: Some fruits are naturally #Radioactive because they contain tiny, harmless amounts of radioactive elements like potassium-40, absorbed from the soil.

#Bananas being famous examples due to their high potassium content, leading to the "banana equivalent dose" (BED) as a radiation measure.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Why-Are-Some-Fruits-Radioactive-693f90edc4bf167d978eeddc

Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

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I am listening to a #USian #apologetist on #DW. And he stated one thing which was so stupid and short-sighted I am raging.

[paraphrased] 'Iran was building something in its destroyed enrichment site, rebuilding its #nuclear program.'

A nuclear site damaged/destroyed, as the #USA is **intimately** aware, you sequester the highly #radioactive debris. You build an encasement structure, and put the worst of it inside it.

We are not all gullible fools, you git!

#USPol

Today in Labor History March 1, 1954: The U.S. detonated Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll. It caused the worst radioactive contamination ever by the U.S. However, this occurred after years of nuclear testing and contamination of the islands and waters around them. The U.S. detonated 23 nuclear devices on the islands from 1946 to 1958. They blew up the bombs on the reef, in the sea, in the air and underwater. They relocated islanders several times, each time to supposedly safe islands. But they neglected to provide sufficient food and water, causing starvation. When the islanders tried to catch fish to eat, or grow their own crops, they were so contaminated from radioactive fallout, that it poisoned all who ate it. Women started having miscarriages and giving birth to babies with abnormalities. To this day, it is still too contaminated for inhabitants and their descendants to return. A trust fund that had been set up to help support the survivors ran out of funds in the late 2010s.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #bikini #islands #nuclear #radioactive #bomb #contamination #coldwar #castlebravo #indigenous #indigenousrights #imperialism #forcedmigration #genocide

Dinosaur eggshells can reveal the age of other fossils

Like rocks, egg shells can trap isotopes, allowing us to use them to date samples.

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ttykm
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/dinosaur-eggshells-can-reveal-the-age-of-other-fossils/#biology #dinosaurs #evolution #paleontology #radioactive-dating #science

Hospital No. 126 – Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, #Ukraine

It served Prypiat residents and workers, it became a primary site of emergency care during the 1986 disaster.

The first firefighters from Reactor No. 4 were brought here for decontamination. Their radioactive uniforms left in the basement, which remains sealed due to the contamination.

The upper floors contain a maternity ward with baby cots & toy left behind.

#Chornobyl #Prypiat #Photography #History #Radioactive #Chernobyl #Pripiat