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Hundreds of switches, buttons and dials control nuclear generating plant for which heavy water is produced at installations such as Atomic Energy of C(...)
Hundreds of switches, buttons and dials control nuclear generating plant for which heavy water is produced at installations such as Atomic Energy of C(...)

Hundreds of switches, buttons and dials control nuclear generating plant for which heavy water is produced at installations such as Atomic Energy of C(...)

Date7/30/1971
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  • Hundreds of switches, buttons and dials control nuclear generating plant for which heavy water is produced at installations such as Atomic Energy of C(...)
  • Hundreds of switches, buttons and dials control nuclear generating plant for which heavy water is produced at installations such as Atomic Energy of Canada is rebuilding at Glace Bay, N. S. Above is control room at Hydro Pickering plant when it first started up.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hundreds of switches, buttons and dials control nuclear generating plant for which heavy water is produced at installations such as Atomic Energy of Canada is rebuilding at Glace Bay, N. S. Above is control room at Hydro Pickering plant when it first started up.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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GeographyProvince or StateOntario
Stainless steel drums of heavy water crowd nuclear generating plant storeroom, the vital ingredient, in making electrical power. Shortages and high pr(...)
Stainless steel drums of heavy water crowd nuclear generating plant storeroom, the vital ingredient, in making electrical power. Shortages and high pr(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
7/30/1971
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Powerful turbines fed by nuclear energy churn out electricity at Pickering generating station
Spremo, Boris
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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
Spremo, Boris
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Spremo, Boris
3/31/1977
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
Loek, Dick
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Atomic energy plant at Douglas point
Atomic energy plant at Douglas point
Bruce Nuclear Power Development
9/20/1971
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Ready to go: The control panel is the heart of the Darlington nuclear plant in Newcastle, which officials say now meets all safety regulations
Mahler, John
8/29/1989
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Dinsmore, Ted
3/10/1971
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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(...)
James, Norman
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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(...)
Mahler, John
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Mothballed? The Peterson government should rethink its proposed to shut down the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, forcing 4,000 employees out of(...)
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Dunlop, Al
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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(...)
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Beaty, Keith
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