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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

Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods

Date8/29/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods.
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    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002394F
      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
      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
      Mahler, John
      8/29/1989
      Downtown reactor: Dr. Ron Hancock, in the reactor room of U of T's Slowpoke, checks over a device that holds uranium rods.
      Downtown reactor: Dr. Ron Hancock, in the reactor room of U of T's Slowpoke, checks over a device that holds uranium rods.
      Griffin, Doug
      5/1/1990
      Workmen check fueling rods on reactor under construction, above
      Workmen check fueling rods on reactor under construction, above
      Bock, Tony
      10/27/1981
      Workmen check fueling rods on reactor under construction, above, in station's control room, are right, Bill Harvey, Henry Stevens and first operator Mike Stone
      Workmen check fueling rods on reactor under construction, above, in station's control room, are right, Bill Harvey, Henry Stevens and first operator Mike Stone
      Bock, Tony
      10/20/1981
      Fuel rods
      Fuel rods
      McConnell, Colin
      7/28/1984
      Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
      Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/3/1991
      Hot rods: Harold Middleton, 41, a trucker-turned-car-appraiser, peers through the chrome wheel of a '47 Ford called Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
      Hot rods: Harold Middleton, 41, a trucker-turned-car-appraiser, peers through the chrome wheel of a '47 Ford called Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
      Dunlop, Alan
      3/3/1988
      Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
      Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/3/1991
      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
      Inventive technicians such as George Scott can simultaneously spin magnets in 12 test tubes to translate medical needs into devices like this one whic(...)
      Inventive technicians such as George Scott can simultaneously spin magnets in 12 test tubes to translate medical needs into devices like this one whic(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      9/25/1969
      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