A swarm of ‘nuclear rats’—radioactive rodents with a taste for high-security construction—forced the UK to freeze its nuclear power project. Engineers and officials are now battling glowing invaders, proving Britain’s nuclear energy plans didn’t account for mutant rat takeovers. Rodents: 1, humans: 0.

While officials scramble for a solution, the UK nuclear power project remains paralyzed—no one predicted that a radioactive rat infestation, let alone a glowing swarm, would be the downfall of such high ambition. The radioactive rat infestation has truly set a new bar for bizarre setbacks.