South Bruce votes on nuclear host community soon [Video]

The most important referendum in the Municipality of South Bruce’s history is about to take place.

Approximately 6,000 residents in the rural community north of Wingham will start voting on Oct. 21 on whether they want to permanently become the home of Canada’s most radioactive waste.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is looking for a permanent home for 5.6 million used nuclear fuel bundles that remain radioactive for millions of years.

Two communities, the Township of Ignace and the Municipality of South Bruce, are the only two communities who could house the $26 billion project, which would see the used nuclear fuel be entombed in an expansive facility inside canisters over 550 metres underground.

Protect our Waterways-No Nuclear Waste members Michelle Stein and Anja Van der Vlies talk about the proposed nuclear waste project near Teeswater in October 2024. (Scott Miller/CTV News London)

Planning for the project started more …