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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(...)

Peek-a-boo model details generation and transmission system in the Pickering nuclear station 20 miles from downtown Toronto. In 1973, reactors will ge(...)

Date5/6/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Peek-a-boo model details generation and transmission system in the Pickering nuclear station 20 miles from downtown Toronto. In 1973, reactors will generate enough power to supply 1,750,000 homes. First power is expected in 1971.
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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_0002464F
      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
      Loek, Dick
      6/30/1987
      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(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      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
      Dinsmore, Ted
      3/10/1971
      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
      Dunlop, Al
      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
      Bezant, Graham
      8/2/1971
      Muke Book: Jack Muir, corporate relations officer for Ontario Hydro at the Pickering nuclear station (in background), holds pamphlet distributed to citizens within 10 kilometres (603 miles) of the plant advising them how to respond to a nuclear emergency
      Muke Book: Jack Muir, corporate relations officer for Ontario Hydro at the Pickering nuclear station (in background), holds pamphlet distributed to citizens within 10 kilometres (603 miles) of the plant advising them how to respond to a nuclear emergency
      Russell, Jim
      11/25/1989
      New reactors at pickering are going up
      New reactors at pickering are going up
      Beaty, Keith
      9/17/1975
      Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
      Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
      Lennon, Frank
      3/17/1971
      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(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/3/1971
      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
      Yonge St. businessmen called an outdoor news conference yesterday at this downtown parking lot to announce details of another mall from Gerrard to Dun(...)
      Yonge St. businessmen called an outdoor news conference yesterday at this downtown parking lot to announce details of another mall from Gerrard to Dun(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/15/1971
      Better than promised. Candu reactors may last 100 years
      Better than promised. Candu reactors may last 100 years
      Dunlop, Al
      5/17/1982