The French designer of the bikini may have named his invention after the atoll in the Marshall Islands where the US detonated nuclear devices in the mid-1940s, but a power plant in the Czech Republic is in trouble after drawing too clear a line linking the explosive power source and two-piece bathing suits. Last week, the CEZ power-generation company had to apologize for putting on a bikini contest to select its newest intern, Deutsche Welle reports.
Ten bikini-clad, hard-hat-wearing high school graduates had their pictures taken inside a cooling tower at the Temelin Nuclear Power Station, and Facebook users were asked to cast ballots for their favorite. The winner was to be given a 14-day internship at the plant and the title "Bouncer of Energy," per 9News.
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