The nest was discovered by workers who routinely inspect for nuclear radiation at the #Savannah River Site (SRS) near #Aiken, on 3 July. It was found on a post nearby to where millions of gallons of liquid nuclear waste are stored, but there was no leak from the waste tanks, the report said. Investigators attribute the dangerously-high levels found on the nest to what is called “onsite legacy radioactive contamination” - the residual radioactivity that remains from the time when the site was actively producing parts for nuclear b-mbs during the Cold War. via bbcnews • whosalexander