Pickering fuel bundle base

Artifact Number:

2018-044

Description

Canadian General Electric (CGE) were awarded the contract to fabricate 19000 fuel bundles for the Pickering Generating Station. To commemorate the contract CGE presented AECL with a fuel bundle mounted on a 25 cm by 65 cm wooden base. The presentation was made at Sheridan Park sometime in the early 1960s. The base continued to sit neglected at the facility but the disposition of the fuel bundle is unknown. It is also not known if the fuel bundle contained uranium or not.

Details

Keywords:
candu type reactor; fuel element clusters; replacement fuel assemblies
Date:
~1962
Notes:
This artifact travelled to Deep River from Sheridan Park by a former employee when he retired.  He then donated it to the Society.
SEARCH ARTIFACTS
Generic filters
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Search in excerpt
Click images to enlarge

More Artifacts