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Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility.
Nov 13, 2014 · As a lab technician at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant in Crescent, Okla., during the early 1970s, Silkwood became concerned by what she saw as quality-control failures and lax safety procedures...
May 8, 2024 · Karen Silkwood (born February 19, 1946, Longview, Texas, U.S.—died November 13, 1974, near Crescent, Oklahoma) was an American laboratory technician and activist who attempted to expose the safety violations and negligence at Kerr-McGee’s Cimarron River nuclear facility.
Nov 13, 2009 · Karen Silkwood was a technician at a plutonium plant who complained about unsafe conditions and was killed in a car accident in 1974. She was found to be contaminated with radioactivity, but the cause and the documents she had were unclear.
Mar 14, 2024 · Karen Silkwood was a lab technician who denounced safety violations at a nuclear plant and died in a mysterious car accident in 1974. The film Silkwood, starring Meryl Streep and Cher, was a hit but also faced criticism for its portrayal of the activist's life.
Karen Silkwood was a nuclear activist who died in a car crash in 1974 after collecting evidence of plutonium contamination at her workplace. Learn about her case, the investigation of her exposure and death, and the controversy surrounding her legacy.
Mar 31, 1975 · Karen Silkwood's fatal car crash on November 13, 1974, raised questions about the safe production of plutonium at the Kerr-McGee facility in Crescent, Oklahoma.
