Warnings that radiochemistry is dying

There is a serious lack of radiochemistry expertise in many parts of the world, including Europe, Australia and the US, experts warned at the centennial meeting of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) held in Melbourne, Australia. Gabriele Voigt, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Office of Safeguards Analytical Services, cautioned that the situation in Europe, and in Germany in particular, is bad.