Radioactive workplace: Tradesmen looked like astronauts when they donned special suits to enter reactors where they replaced damaged fuel-carrying tubes

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Radioactive workplace: Tradesmen looked like astronauts when they donned special suits to enter reactors where they replaced damaged fuel-carrying tubes

Date6/30/1987

Names

Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Radioactive workplace: Tradesmen looked like astronauts when they donned special suits to enter reactors where they replaced damaged fuel-carrying tubes.

Subject

Nuclear power plants

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002521F

Country:Canada

Province or state:Ontario

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