Nuclear safety activist Karen Silkwood dies 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)


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(Wednesday, November 13, 1974, at about 7:00-7:30 p.m. CST)Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, died tonight in a car crash while on her way to meet a reporter.