Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Atomic Beauty

I've dedicated most any free second in the past 48 hrs to wrestling with a definitive conclusion to a paper about nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Naturally, I mentioned the accessibility of weapons-grade material from Russia or one of the former Soviet republics. But I completely overlooked the following story found at www.breitbart.com, which I would REALLY like to work in somehow:
Extra hot: Russian beauty contest for nuke power workers
Jan 30 10:57 AM US/Eastern

The nuclear power sector in Russia and across the former Soviet Union is inviting female employees to compete in Miss Atom-2007, a contest to discover the industry's most radiant beauty. "There are a lot of beautiful women in the Russian nuclear sector," said Ilya Platonov, who runs the www.nuclear.ru site and is organising the contest.

The number of applicants for the Miss Atom title has trebled since the first competition in 2004, Platonov told AFP, reaching 220 last year. Competitors must be aged 18-35 and work in the nuclear sector in Russia or other ex-Soviet states, or at least be studying nuclear science at university, Rosenergoatom, which runs Russia's nuclear power stations, said. They have until February 20 to send in photos and CVs to www.nuclear.ru. Voting will take place online and the winner and runners-up will later be given awards at a ceremony at Russia's atomic energy agency, Rosatom, in Moscow.

1 Comments:

Blogger Bill C said...

Found my way here through an Italian-language weblog with links to both your and my post on this topic. The Miss Atom contest seems almost surreal. Maybe I've seen too many episodes of The Simpsons or something.

Hope you are (were?) able to find an angle for this in your paper; seems like it might be a good fit.

9:24 AM  

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