Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site

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The Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site was a nuclear fuel production facility in Oklahoma best known for its association with whistleblower Karen Silkwood and the ensuing controversies over worker safety and plutonium contamination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial facility ⓘ
nuclear fuel fabrication plant ⓘ
associatedEvent Karen Silkwood plutonium contamination ⓘ
Karen Silkwood wrongful death lawsuit ⓘ
associatedWith Karen Silkwood ⓘ
cleanupResponsibility successors of Kerr-McGee Corporation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1970s ⓘ
environmentalConcern groundwater contamination ⓘ
soil contamination ⓘ
environmentalStatus contaminated site ⓘ
handledMaterial plutonium ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance U.S. nuclear safety regulation history ⓘ
whistleblower protection history in the nuclear industry ⓘ
hasIssue plutonium worker contamination ⓘ
radioactive waste management concerns ⓘ
hasLegacy influence on nuclear regulatory reforms ⓘ
public awareness of nuclear worker safety ⓘ
industry nuclear industry ⓘ
locatedIn Logan County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedNear Crescent, Oklahoma ⓘ
monitoredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
near Cimarron River ⓘ
notableFor plutonium contamination incidents ⓘ
whistleblowing case involving Karen Silkwood ⓘ
worker safety controversies ⓘ
operatedBy Kerr-McGee Corporation ⓘ
ownedBy Kerr-McGee Corporation ⓘ
partOf Kerr-McGee nuclear operations ⓘ
primaryProduct nuclear fuel ⓘ
regulator United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
relatedWorkplace Kerr-McGee plutonium plant ⓘ
startDate 1960s ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
subjectOf environmental cleanup efforts ⓘ
litigation related to Karen Silkwood ⓘ
occupational safety investigations ⓘ
usedFor fabrication of mixed-oxide fuel ⓘ
fabrication of plutonium fuel pins ⓘ

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Karen Silkwood → employer → Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site ⓘ
Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site → partOf → Kerr-McGee nuclear operations ⓘ
linked to: Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site
Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site → relatedWorkplace → Kerr-McGee plutonium plant ⓘ
linked to: Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site