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Measurements of radioactive tritium, in the air and grass around the Pickering nuclear plant, show levels as much as 81 times highter in 1989 than in 1986
Measurements of radioactive tritium, in the air and grass around the Pickering nuclear plant, show levels as much as 81 times highter in 1989 than in 1986

Measurements of radioactive tritium, in the air and grass around the Pickering nuclear plant, show levels as much as 81 times highter in 1989 than in 1986

Date2/19/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Measurements of radioactive tritium, in the air and grass around the Pickering nuclear plant, show levels as much as 81 times highter in 1989 than in 1986.
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    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002430F
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      Spremo, Boris
      11/20/1972
      Workers use a safe mockup of the Pickering nuclear power plant to learn to remove radioactive tubes from reactors
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      Dunlop, Al
      4/12/1985
      The Metric System will, as its use grows, send most people to conversion tables and definition charts to relate the new measurements to our present st(...)
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      Goode, Jeff
      3/5/1975
      Police take measurements in the parking lot where cabdriver Baljeet Singh (inset) was stabed to death early today
      Police take measurements in the parking lot where cabdriver Baljeet Singh (inset) was stabed to death early today
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/6/1988
      Gone with the wind? Meteorologist at Pearson International Airport prepares to launch weather balloon, a system that may soon be obsolete for wind measurements
      Gone with the wind? Meteorologist at Pearson International Airport prepares to launch weather balloon, a system that may soon be obsolete for wind measurements
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/2/1986
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      James, Norman
      3/7/1942
      Measuring up: El Molto, a skeletal biologist at Scarborough College, makes some measurements on a skull found in Thunder Bay
      Measuring up: El Molto, a skeletal biologist at Scarborough College, makes some measurements on a skull found in Thunder Bay
      Dunlop, Alan
      1/7/1982
      Tritium Flatbeds: Special trucks will carry casks of radioactive heavy water to Darlington
      Tritium Flatbeds: Special trucks will carry casks of radioactive heavy water to Darlington
      Eglinton, Rick
      9/13/1988
      Glowing business: William Hegarty's company plans to double staff to meet demand. Anti-nuclear activities oppose use of tritium gas in signs.
      Glowing business: William Hegarty's company plans to double staff to meet demand. Anti-nuclear activities oppose use of tritium gas in signs.
      Russell, Jim
      3/13/1991
      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
      Bezant, Graham
      8/2/1971
      Forty-eight children who live near lead-refining plants in Metro were found to have lead levels above 40 in their blood
      Forty-eight children who live near lead-refining plants in Metro were found to have lead levels above 40 in their blood
      Darrell, Dick
      12/14/1973
      Salary levels at Canadian universities are about 30 per cent higher than at American universities - and the difference is unjustifiable, says Jerry Malzan, right, an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo whose salary is $19,700 a year
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      Bull, Ron
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