Voters in South Bruce voted 51.2 per cent in favour of a proposal to host a place to store spent nuclear reactor fuel.
A total of 3,130 residents registered their votes on the $26-million project near Teeswater.
Council will meet Nov. 12 to decide what comes next.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has identified another potential disposal site in the Township of Igance about 245 km northwest of Thunder Bay.
Indigenous people will have a say on either of the two sites and so far have not taken a public stance.
