
Pu-239(2006)
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.


“On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.”
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.

Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens

Cher
Dolly Pelliker

Craig T. Nelson
Winston

Fred Ward
Morgan

Diana Scarwid
Angela

Ron Silver
Paul Stone

Charles Hallahan
Earl Lapin

Josef Sommer
Max Richter

Sudie Bond
Thelma Rice
Silkwood is a drama film released in 1983 exploring themes of plutonium, staged death, radiation, oklahoma, nuclear radiation, nuclear power plant. Directed by Mike Nichols, it stars Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher. Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
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