Inorganic Scintillators for Thermal Neutron Detection

The 3He shortage is forcing the neutron community to look for other detection methods. The inorganic scintillator may be an alternative. Thermal-neutron detection by means of inorganic scintillators has successfully been realized on a large scale at ISIS, UK, using 6LiF/ZnS:Ag mixed with an organic binder. This material is now introduced in the security field. For several reasons other traditional...