The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case Karen Silkwood, an employee of the Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant, was killed in a car crash on her way to deliver important documents to a newspaper reporter in 1974. Silkwood was a union activist concerned about health and safety issues at the plant, and her death at age twenty-eight was considered by many to be highly suspicious. Was it Kerr-McGee's revenge on a troublesome whistle-blower? Or was it part of a much larger conspiracy reaching from the Atomic Energy Commission to the FBI and the CIA? Richard Rashke leads us through the myriad of charges and countercharges, theories and facts, and reaches conclusions based solely on the evidence in hand. Originally published in 1981, his book offers a vivid, edgy picture of the tensions that racked this country in the 1970s. However, the volume is not only an important historical document. Complex, fascinating characters populate this compelling insider's view of the nuclear industry. The issues it explores―whistle-blowers, worker safety, the environment, and nuclear vulnerability―have not lost relevance today, twenty-six years after Silkwood's white Honda Civic was found trapped in a concrete culvert near Oklahoma City. For this second edition, Rashke has added a Preface and three short chapters that explore what has been learned about Silkwood since the book's original publication, explain what happened to the various actors in the drama, and discuss the long-term effects of the events around Silkwood's death. https://amzn.to/48SIkj0

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Hoy 21.45 Telemadrid, clásicos contemporáneos Cien x cien: cine. El misterio rodea a Karen #Silkwood, trabajadora en una central nuclear en peligro. Encontró en el rostro de Meryl Streep un espejo de cine, y ella y Cher una candidatura al Oscar. #kurtrussell #Cher #juanluisalvarez

Happy birthday Kurt Russell, born March 17, 1951.

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Kurt Russell Actors Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late …

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#ChinaSyndrome, in line with what happened at #ThreeMileIsland, followed by #Silkwood in 1983, thankfully helped to shut down nuclear power as a "safe" power source.

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Nooo!!! #Silkwood #TCMParty

I wouldn’t accept help from the plant. Shady MFs. #Silkwood #TCMParty

You think I contaminated myself, you think I did that?/I think you'd do just about anything to shut down this plant. #Silkwood #TCMParty

If a woman says "nothing" to another woman who asked if anything is wrong, does it mean the same thing when a man asks? #Silkwood #TCM #TCMParty

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I'm doin' somethin' good./I know what you're doing, and you're the wrong person to be doing it. It's dangerous... that's all I'm going to say. #Silkwood #TCMParty

Kabuki Cher #Silkwood #TCMParty

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Drew you just lost points by having that confederate flag above your bed. #Silkwood #TCMParty

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Nooo!!! #Silkwood #TCMParty

Oh no , here it comes: the Silkwood scrub. I’ve had a few nights where I needed one of those. #Silkwood #TCMParty

My heart breaks for Thelma😭😭😭 #Silkwood #TCMParty

Ladies and gentlemen: Kurt Russell. #Silkwood #TCMParty

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Casserole? Up here it’s called hot dish. #Silkwood #TCMParty

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This trailer home being near refineries reminds me of how Elon Musk has placed his Colossus AI data Center in a poor, black neighborhood in Memphis with 30 or so smog-producing gas generators powering it.

#Silkwood #TCMParty

"Mom, can I have a cigarette?"

"Not till you finish your lunch, honey."

#Silkwood #TCMParty

This is one of Cher’s best performances that often gets overlooked. #Silkwood #TCMParty

The flag signifying the fight against The War of Northern Aggression. 😉

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Honestly surprised #Silkwood and The China Syndrome have never been a prime time double feature. #TCMParty

We can thank #Silkwood and performances by Cher and Streep for thankfully helping to stop nuke plants in this country.
Still really hard to watch.
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#TCM focusing on #labor resistance is another way they are standing up.
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Heute ist der Todestag von Karen Gay #Silkwood, (28) *19.02.1946 in Longview, Texas; sie kam bei einem Autounfall am 13.11.1974 auf der Route 74 ums Leben. Sie hatte Beweise in Papierform über Unregelmäßigkeiten in einer Atomanlage, die nach dem Unfall »verschwunden waren«. Der Prozess um ihren […]