AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - It sounds like the perfect origin story for a comic book hero: A guy is stung by a wasp exposed to radioactive waste, and he becomes Waspman.

But this isn’t a comic book – this is real life.

The 12 On Your Side investigators are digging deeper after the U.S. Department of Energy confirms the discovery of four radioactive wasp nests at the Savannah River Site .

It made international headlines – but SRS is our own backyard.

Some wonder what the wasps really tell us about what’s happening with the environment.

And while the Department of Energy says there’s nothing to worry about, we’ve been learning how workers at SRS also thought they were safe.

Instead, they ended up fighting various cancers – and then the government for benefits.

We’re not trying to

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