There were 3,130 votes, and there was only a 78-vote gap between the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ responses
A Nuclear Waste Management Organization senior transportation engineer explains transportation signage for waste uranium during a tour of NWMO's facility in Oakville, Ont., on Dec. 12, 2023.The mayor of an Ontario municipality that has formally decided it is willing to become the site of a deep geological repository for Canada ’s nuclear waste says he didn’t think the results of a referendum would be that close.
The results of the vote were binding as long as there was at least 50 per cent voter turnout, and nearly 70 per cent of eligible residents cast a ballot.The Nuclear Waste Management Organization plans to select a site this year where millions of bundles of used nuclear fuel will be placed in a network of underground rooms connected by cavernous tunnels.
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