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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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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002430F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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Workers use a safe mockup of the Pickering nuclear power plant to learn to remove radioactive tubes from reactors
4/12/1985
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Tritium Flatbeds: Special trucks will carry casks of radioactive heavy water to Darlington
9/13/1988
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
8/2/1971
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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(...)
1/9/1975
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
8/7/1979
Bone of contention. Nuclear plants such as Ontario Hydro's generating station at Pickering, above, have been the centre of increasing acrimony for lac(...)
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3/31/1977
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
3/10/1971
It' cold, cold cold out there - and the ice on these steel stakes near the Pickering nuclear plant is chilly evidence of the cold fact, Winter's here
It' cold, cold cold out there - and the ice on these steel stakes near the Pickering nuclear plant is chilly evidence of the cold fact, Winter's here
12/19/1980
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
10/11/1973
Atom Power by 1971. Construction goes on around the clock to bring Ontario Hydro's huge Pickering nuclear station east of Toronto into full service by(...)
Atom Power by 1971. Construction goes on around the clock to bring Ontario Hydro's huge Pickering nuclear station east of Toronto into full service by(...)
2/24/1969
Worker checks radiation levels during Three Mile Island mishap: Terrorists learned from it
Worker checks radiation levels during Three Mile Island mishap: Terrorists learned from it
3/31/1979
Pickering's nuclear power station generates energy by nuclear fission
Pickering's nuclear power station generates energy by nuclear fission
7/30/1971