The plant was torn down and tonnes of spent nuclear fuel rods from the facility were temporarily encased in 64 concrete silos at a protected site in Wiscassett, Maine. The city-owned Enmax has a stake in a Maine nuclear fuel storage facility. (Evelyne Asselin/CBC)There are approximately $10 million US in annual costs related to the safe operation of the spent nuclear fuel storage site, including monitoring, maintenance and security. Evan Woolley, who said that Enmax never mentioned the spent nuclear fuel site when the utility briefed city council on its bid for Versant. Evan Woolley said it was unacceptable that Enmax never mentioned the spent nuclear fuel site when the city-owned utility briefed council.

Source: CBC News July 19, 2021 12:00 UTC