Brockton has officially added its name to the list of municipalities interested in becoming a site for a nuclear waste depository.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is looking for a municipality willing to store Canada’s high level nuclear waste.
Brockton is inviting the agency to complete an initial screening for the community and provide information kiosks to inform residents of the proposal.
Mayor David Inglis stresses this is simply a learn more phase — he says nothing will happen without the support of residents.
Councillor Chris Peabody was the lone member to oppose the proposal.
Peabody says he disappointed there was very little interest shown by the public over the issue, and upset that the motion didn’t include words high level nuclear waste.
Peabody says the project would involve 340 hectares of land in which high level nuclear waste from across Canada would be buried at a depth of 500 meters.
The project comes with a promise to provide 200 million dollars in annual payroll.
But Peabody feels the numbers don’t add up and he believes the project is under funded by 22 billion dollars.
