NIPIGON, Ont. - The number of Northwestern Ontario towns willing to at least consider the idea of storing waste from nuclear reactors in their vicinity has reached half a dozen.
Nipigon is the latest municipality to have a Nuclear Waste Management Organization information kiosk in town to inform locals about the proposal and gauge support.
In a statement released Tuesday, Nipigon Mayor Richard Harvey says Nipigon's councillors have not made any decision about the project.
The N.W.M.O. wants to bury spent nuclear bundles deep in the Canadian Shield in a permanent facility somewhere in Northern Ontario -- used nuclear fuel is currently stored at reactor sites.
The facility is expected to create several hundred jobs for the host town, but it could take up to 10 years before a site is selected.
Ear Falls, Schreiber, Hornepayne, Ignace and Wawa have also expressed an interest in hosting a storage facility.
