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The Killing of Karen Silkwood

The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case

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The Killing of Karen Silkwood

De: Richard Rashke
Narrado por: Karen White
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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 28 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 audiobook 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 However, the volume is not only an important historical document.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, 26 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.

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I’d head little portions of the Karen Silkwood story over the years and was intrigued to hear the full story of a woman contaminated with plutonium. There is so much more to it than just her contamination and death. The investigations and criminal trials that followed are incredibly complex and fascinating. The 70’s were a wild time of little regulation and corrupt corporations. This is an utterly fantastic story!

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Complex

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and I could not stop listening to this book! This is STILL an issue that needs dealt with.

I live in Oklahoma

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It's a very interesting but true story with many twists and turns... Kerr McGee was one of the worst polluters in human history.

Great Story!

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Very informative piece that has left me wondering so much more about the players still left and very sad about the ever rising power of rich companies and people.

Glued to my speaker

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Sadly, this was by far more about the investigation and court case against Kerr McGee, than it was about Karen Silkwood. An injustice in my opinion.
I would have preferred if equal time and effort had been spent on both!

The narrator is too monotone and almost robotic

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It was a little slow overall. Would have been nice to get details on how her children's lives progressed. This was made into a movie I know so maybe follow up details will be there. She was a pioneer it seems and fought for what was right. Interesting story.

Interesting story

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I enjoyed the actual story but it was like sitting in a lecture hall listening to the professor drone on non- stop for 15 hours. I'm not sure how nuclear is considered a source of clean energy.

The story itself is interesting

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I nearly returned this book several times. The narrator has an oddly halting, stilted way of speaking that is unbelievably irritating. She pauses. after nearly. every. word. and you. just. want. to get on. with. it. If it weren't for the fact that I was really interested in the story I would have given up and gone on to another book.

If you can get past the terrible narration. . .

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