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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)

Trouble spot: Jack Muir, Pickering spokesman, points to problem area on model of reactor (above), and holds fuel bundle (right)

Date8/18/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trouble spot: Jack Muir, Pickering spokesman, points to problem area on model of reactor (above), and holds fuel bundle (right).
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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)
8/18/1983
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
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
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
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(...)
5/6/1969
Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
Twenty-four Candu reactors, like one at Pickering (above) have been sold
3/17/1971
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
6/30/1987
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
6/30/1987
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(...)
8/3/1971
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
4/12/1985
New reactors at pickering are going up
New reactors at pickering are going up
9/17/1975