The tank farm is well inside the boundaries of the site, and wasps generally fly just a few hundred metres from their nests, so there was no danger they are outside the facility, according to a statement from Savannah River Mission Completion, which now oversees the site.
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If there had been wasps found, they would have significantly lower levels of radiation than their nests, according to the statement, which was given to local newspaper The Aiken Standard.
The site was opened in the early 1950s to manufacture the plutonium pits needed to make the core of nuclear bombs during the start of the Cold War. The site has now shifted towards making fuel for nuclear plants, and clean-up.
The site generated more than 625 million litres of liquid nuclear waste, which has, through evaporation, been reduced to about 129 million litres, according to Savannah River Mission Completion.
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