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The spotlight shines on a nuclear influencer
Brazilian model, nuclear advocate, and philanthropist Isabelle Boemeke, who the online TED lecture series describes as “the world’s first nuclear energy influencer,” was the subject of a recent New York Times article that explored her ardent support for and advocacy of nuclear technology.
B. W. Wilkinson, J. Toth-Allen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 13 | Number 1 | January 1972 | Pages 103-105
Technical Note | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31073
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The neutron activation analysis of platinum (an element which yields a short-lived radioactive species, 199Pt) in biological tissue has been demonstrated by the analysis of the longer lived radioactive 199Au daughter of the 199Pt. The longer lived gold allows the radiochemical separation of sodium from the trace elements present in biological tissue and permits a more leisurely counting technique. Linearity of the net counts per µg of platinum versus µg of platinum added has been demonstrated. This technique provides a useful method for the analysis of any element whose short-lived radioisotope decays to a longer lived daughter.
