  The experimental study of magnetic moments for nuclear states near the ground
state, $I \ge 2$, provides a powerful tool to test nuclear structure models.
The study of magnetic moments in nuclei far away from the stability line is the
next frontier in such studies. Two techniques have been utilized to populated
low-spin states in radioactive nuclei: coulomb excitation reactions using
radioactive nuclei, and the transfer of $\alpha$ particles to stable beams to
populate low spin states in radioactive nuclei. A presentations of these two
techniques, along with the experimental challenges presented for future uses
with nuclei far away from the stability line, will be presented.
