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35

The Whistleblower

Karen Silkwood / Robert S. Kerr

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35: The Whistleblower

A chemical technician risks her life to expose corporate misdeeds at a nuclear facility in Oklahoma.

Prelude: Energy mogul Robert S. Kerr becomes the “uncrowned king of the Senate”.

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