Karen Silkwood
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 Karen Silkwood    (whistleblower, labor leader) | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1946 |
| Died | November 13, 1974 (Age 28) |
Cause of death | car crash |
| Nationality | US |
| Exposed | • Nuclear power/Risks • Israel/Nuclear weapons |
| Victim of | assassination |
The assassinated US nuclear whistleblower whose case was taken up by the Christic Institute. | |
Karen Gay Silkwood was an American chemical technician and labor union activist. While driving to meet with a New York Times journalist and an official of her union's national office, she died in a car crash, the circumstances of which were never explained entirely.
Official narrative
She attempted to expose the safety violations and negligence at Kerr-McGee’s Cimarron River nuclear facility.[1] That was why she was killed.
Problems with official narrative
The real exposure she had was the diversion of uranium & plutonium to the Israel nuclear program[2][3]
Her case was taken by the Christic Institute.
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