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Spin adduct yields in the photoreduction of menadione (2-methylnaphthoquinone) in isotope labeled micellar solutions were measured as functions of the external magnetic field. As surfactants, ordinary SDS, perdeuteriated SDS, and a mixture of the two were employed. In a mixed micellar solution, a normal isotope effect on the spin adduct yield was observed. On the other hand, in the pure micellar solutions with each of the former two surfactants, a reversed isotope effect was observed. These two apparent isotope effects depend on the external magnetic field and were separated into two independent isotope effects: one is the primary isotope effect on the hydrogen abstraction step and the other is the secondary magnetic isotope effect on the intersystem crossing step of the intermediate radical pair.