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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

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

Date6/30/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002522F
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
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
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
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
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
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
8/2/1971
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
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(...)
8/3/1971
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
Hydro's nuclear generating plant at Pickering pours steam heat into Lake Ontario
Hydro's nuclear generating plant at Pickering pours steam heat into Lake Ontario
10/11/1973
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
3/31/1977
Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
3/17/1971