Digital Archive

Technicians surfing up before entering reactor 2

Order Reproduction

Technicians surfing up before entering reactor 2

Date6/29/1987

Names

Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Technicians surfing up before entering reactor 2

Subject

Nuclear power plants

GeographyProvince stateOntario

GeographyCountryCanada

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0002492F

Discover More

Workers technicians getting into their safety suits before entering reactor 2

Workers technicians getting into their safety suits before entering reactor 2

6/30/1987

Technicians in front of the air lock before entering reactor 2 area

Technicians in front of the air lock before entering reactor 2 area

6/29/1987

Technicians suiting up before a shift inside the reactor

Technicians suiting up before a shift inside the reactor

6/30/1987

Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods

Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods

8/29/1989

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

Murray Spearin U.F.O will flip this switch to activate the 2 reactor

Murray Spearin U.F.O will flip this switch to activate the 2 reactor

6/30/1987

Powerful place: The view, from several storeys up, of the reactor which will soon be put into action

Powerful place: The view, from several storeys up, of the reactor which will soon be put into action

8/29/1989

New reactors at pickering are going up

New reactors at pickering are going up

9/17/1975

Reactor Assembly

Reactor Assembly

9/9/1983

9/17/1981

Reactor core floats to station

Reactor core floats to station

9/9/1983

Guys are standing on machine that loads fuel bundles into the 480 tubes in reactor core

Guys are standing on machine that loads fuel bundles into the 480 tubes in reactor core

8/29/1989