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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

Scientists prepare a reactor core for nuclear fuel bundles at the Pickering power plant

Date8/7/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Scientists prepare a reactor core for nuclear fuel bundles at the Pickering power plant. About 10 to 13 spent fuel bundles are removed by remote control from each of Ontairo's 14 operating nuclear reactors daily and according to Ontario Hydro officials, there are now more than 400,000 spent nuclear fuel bundles stored at reactor sites across Ontario and in Quebec and New Burnswick. There they wait until a permanent solution on what to do with them can be found.
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Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002527F
Guys are standing on machine that loads fuel bundles into the 480 tubes in reactor core
Guys are standing on machine that loads fuel bundles into the 480 tubes in reactor core
8/29/1989
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
Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods
Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods
8/29/1989
Trouble spot: Jack Muir, Pickering spokesman, points to problem area on model of reactor (above), and holds fuel bundle (right)
Trouble spot: Jack Muir, Pickering spokesman, points to problem area on model of reactor (above), and holds fuel bundle (right)
8/18/1983
Trouble spot: Jack Muir, Pickering spokesman, points to problem area on model of reactor (above), and holds fuel bundle (right)
Trouble spot: Jack Muir, Pickering spokesman, points to problem area on model of reactor (above), and holds fuel bundle (right)
8/18/1983
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
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
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
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
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
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
Reactor core floats to station
Reactor core floats to station
9/9/1983