Isabelle Boemeke, also known as Isodope, is a Brazilian fashion model and

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. She is known for her

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videos, in which she promotes the benefits of nuclear electricity and its role in solving

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Early life

She was raised in a small town in

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and attended a

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. Boemeke began working as a fashion model at the age of 17. After moving to the

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for her modeling career, she read

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’ '' The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution,''

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's ''Our Inner Ape'', and

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's ''

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'', which sparked her interest in science.

Career

In 2016, Boemeke first learned about the benefits of nuclear generated electricity from a tweet by

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about molten salt thorium reactors. The 2019 Australian bushfire and Amazon rainforest wildfires motivated Boemeke to use her platform to address climate change. She believed that despite its controversial reputation in the media, nuclear generated electricity is necessary to solve climate change. Boemeke began incorporating climate and energy information into her modeling shoots in 2020. In February 2020, she created her social media account, Isodope, and began writing, producing, and editing videos that promoted facts about nuclear generated electricity. Inspired by Lil Miquela, she took visual cues from

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and mashed the aesthetic with contemporary social media tropes.

Activism

In December 2021, she organized protests against the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in

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, arguing that the state would struggle to reduce

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without it. Subsequently, the plant closure has been delayed until 2030. ''

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'' magazine described her as a "Next Generation Leader" in 2022.

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Early life

Career

Activism

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