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Pickering's nuclear plant: The big building in the foreground can suck dangerous air from the four reactors in case of emergency
Pickering's nuclear plant: The big building in the foreground can suck dangerous air from the four reactors in case of emergency

Pickering's nuclear plant: The big building in the foreground can suck dangerous air from the four reactors in case of emergency

Date8/2/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pickering's nuclear plant: The big building in the foreground can suck dangerous air from the four reactors in case of emergency
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0002444F
Expaning the nuclear plant. Four new reactors, to be completed by 1982, will double the size and capacity of the Pickering Nuclear Power Station and w(...)
Expaning the nuclear plant. Four new reactors, to be completed by 1982, will double the size and capacity of the Pickering Nuclear Power Station and w(...)
Beaty, Keith
1/9/1975
Deep in the heart of one four nuclear reactors at Pickering power station, technicians prepare tubes that will contain fuel rods when the plant begins producing power within tow months
Deep in the heart of one four nuclear reactors at Pickering power station, technicians prepare tubes that will contain fuel rods when the plant begins producing power within tow months
Dinsmore, Ted
3/10/1971
Workers use a safe mockup of the Pickering nuclear power plant to learn to remove radioactive tubes from reactors
Workers use a safe mockup of the Pickering nuclear power plant to learn to remove radioactive tubes from reactors
Dunlop, Al
4/12/1985
From the space-age control centre at Hydro's Pickering nuclear station, one of two disabled reactors will be brought back to life soon after three years of repairs
From the space-age control centre at Hydro's Pickering nuclear station, one of two disabled reactors will be brought back to life soon after three years of repairs
Loek, Dick
6/30/1987
Peek-a-boo model details generation and transmission system in the Pickering nuclear station 20 miles from downtown Toronto. In 1973, reactors will ge(...)
Peek-a-boo model details generation and transmission system in the Pickering nuclear station 20 miles from downtown Toronto. In 1973, reactors will ge(...)
Ross, Fred
5/6/1969
Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
Lennon, Frank
3/17/1971
New reactors at pickering are going up
New reactors at pickering are going up
Beaty, Keith
9/17/1975
Scientists prepare a reactor core for nuclear fuel bundles at the Pickering power plant
Scientists prepare a reactor core for nuclear fuel bundles at the Pickering power plant
Brazao, Dale
8/7/1979
Pickering's nuclear power station generates energy by nuclear fission
Pickering's nuclear power station generates energy by nuclear fission
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
7/30/1971
Nuclear power station operated by Ontario Hydro at Pickering put its first reactor unit into operation last February, and last month it was turning ou(...)
Nuclear power station operated by Ontario Hydro at Pickering put its first reactor unit into operation last February, and last month it was turning ou(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/3/1971
Better than promised. Candu reactors may last 100 years
Better than promised. Candu reactors may last 100 years
Dunlop, Al
5/17/1982
Radioactive workplace: Tradesmen looked like astronauts when they donned special suits to enter reactors where they replaced damaged fuel-carrying tubes
Radioactive workplace: Tradesmen looked like astronauts when they donned special suits to enter reactors where they replaced damaged fuel-carrying tubes
Loek, Dick
6/30/1987