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Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold

Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold

Date3/17/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold. But future sales prospects look bleak.
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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
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002470F
      Better than promised. Candu reactors may last 100 years
      Better than promised. Candu reactors may last 100 years
      Dunlop, Al
      5/17/1982
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      New reactors at pickering are going up
      New reactors at pickering are going up
      Beaty, Keith
      9/17/1975
      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(...)
      Ross, Fred
      5/6/1969
      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
      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)
      Dunlop, Al
      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)
      Dunlop, Al
      8/18/1983
      Immigration woes: Suresh and Anna Murarka, pictured above with their children, Anil, 3, and Lin, 7, have been fighting for four years to bring Anna's parents and two sisters here from Hong Kong, but have been refused because one sister is mentally retarted and has cerebral palsy
      Immigration woes: Suresh and Anna Murarka, pictured above with their children, Anil, 3, and Lin, 7, have been fighting for four years to bring Anna's parents and two sisters here from Hong Kong, but have been refused because one sister is mentally retarted and has cerebral palsy
      Calleja, Frank
      2/22/1987