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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(...)

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(...)

Date8/3/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Nuclear power station operated by Ontario Hydro at Pickering put its first reactor unit into operation last February, and last month it was turning out electricity at 97 per cent of capacity. Canada is alone in building the CANDU (Canada-Deuterium-Uranium) reactors and trying to sell them abroad to other nations. The Pickering site is dominated by the large vacuum building, closest to the lake, and the four reactor buildings and vacuum relief duct behind.
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Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002455F
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
3/10/1971
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
6/30/1987
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(...)
1/9/1975
The atomic power station at Pickering will be duplicated in plans announced today by Ontario Hydro to build major new nuclear power facilities costing(...)
The atomic power station at Pickering will be duplicated in plans announced today by Ontario Hydro to build major new nuclear power facilities costing(...)
3/10/1971
Atom Power by 1971. Construction goes on around the clock to bring Ontario Hydro's huge Pickering nuclear station east of Toronto into full service by(...)
Atom Power by 1971. Construction goes on around the clock to bring Ontario Hydro's huge Pickering nuclear station east of Toronto into full service by(...)
2/24/1969
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
4/12/1985
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
8/7/1979
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(...)
5/6/1969
Weaving a network of power. Workmen appear to be weaving a network of steel reinforcing rods as Ontario Hydro expands its nuclear power-generating pla(...)
Weaving a network of power. Workmen appear to be weaving a network of steel reinforcing rods as Ontario Hydro expands its nuclear power-generating pla(...)
6/30/1976
Atomic men see pickering. Members of the international Atomic Industrial Forum don hard hats for a close-up tour of Ontario Hydro's nuclear power stat(...)
Atomic men see pickering. Members of the international Atomic Industrial Forum don hard hats for a close-up tour of Ontario Hydro's nuclear power stat(...)
11/19/1968
World's largest nuclear generating station, this Ontario Hydro facility on Lake Ontario at Pickering could be doubled in size at a cost of $1.3 billio(...)
World's largest nuclear generating station, this Ontario Hydro facility on Lake Ontario at Pickering could be doubled in size at a cost of $1.3 billio(...)
6/17/1974
Bone of contention. Nuclear plants such as Ontario Hydro's generating station at Pickering, above, have been the centre of increasing acrimony for lac(...)
Bone of contention. Nuclear plants such as Ontario Hydro's generating station at Pickering, above, have been the centre of increasing acrimony for lac(...)
3/31/1977