Download The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case AudioBook Free
Karen Silkwood, an employee of the Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant, was wiped out in an automobile crash on her way to provide important documents to a publication reporter in 1974. Silkwood was a union activist worried about health and protection issues at the plant, and her loss of life at age group 28 was considered by many to be highly suspicious. Was it Kerr-McGee's revenge on the frustrating whistle-blower? Or was it part of your much bigger conspiracy achieving from the Atomic Energy Commission payment to the FBI and the CIA? Richard Rashke leads us through the many charges and countercharges, ideas and facts, and gets to conclusions based only on the evidence in hand. Originally shared in 1981, his audiobook offers a brilliant, edgy picture of the tensions that racked this country in the 1970s. However, the quantity is not only an important historical report. Complex, fascinating characters populate this convincing insider's view of the nuclear industry. The issues it explores - whistle-blowers, staff member safety, the surroundings, and nuclear vulnerability - havent lost relevance today, 26 years after Silkwood's white Honda Civic was found stuck in a concrete culvert near Oklahoma City. Because of this second edition, Rashke has added a preface and three brief chapters that explore what has been learned all about Silkwood since the book's original publication, describe what happened to the many celebrities in the dilemma, and discuss the long-term ramifications of the occurrences around Silkwood's loss of life.
