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Mothballed? The Peterson government should rethink its proposed to shut down the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, forcing 4,000 employees out of(...)
Mothballed? The Peterson government should rethink its proposed to shut down the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, forcing 4,000 employees out of(...)

Mothballed? The Peterson government should rethink its proposed to shut down the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, forcing 4,000 employees out of(...)

Date6/5/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mothballed? The Peterson government should rethink its proposed to shut down the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, forcing 4,000 employees out of work, reader says: The economy of this area would suffer tremendously should all these people be laid off, not to mention the thousands of spinoff jobs dependent upon Darlington.
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0002367F
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Darlington Nuclear plant
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Bill Clark works in space-age control room of world's most efficient nuclear generating station
Bill Clark works in space-age control room of world's most efficient nuclear generating station
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Powerful turbines fed by nuclear energy churn out electricity at Pickering generating station
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