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Karen Silkwood

Karen Silkwood

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 Karen Silkwood was a lab technician at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant in Oklahoma during the 1970s. After joining her union, she uncovered serious safety violations and evidence that the company was covering up worker contamination. On November 13, 1974, while driving to meet a reporter with documents proving the misconduct, she died in a mysterious car crash. The evidence she carried vanished. Her death was ruled an accident, but many suspected foul play. Silkwood’s case exposed major nuclear safety issues and made her a lasting symbol of whistleblower courage.


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Music: Hard to Beat (OCAAT Theme)

Sources:
  • Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union (OCAW) Archives – Documents and correspondence related to Silkwood’s case.
  • National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) – Records concerning Kerr-McGee and the Silkwood investigation.
  • “The Killing of Karen Silkwood” by Richard Rashke (1981) – Definitive account based on investigative reporting and interviews.

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