New Plastic Material Capable of Detecting Nuclear Substances Developed

New Plastic Material Capable of Detecting Nuclear Substances Developed – Sci-News.com.

A new material, recently described in the Journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, could be just what testing agencies are looking for to detect improvised nuclear devices used by rogue governments and terrorists. “It has been established opinion since the 1950s that organic crystals and liquid scintillators can work for detecting neutrons, but that plastics are not suitable for neutron detection,” said Dr. Natalia Zaitseva, lead author and LLNL materials scientist.

The special material lights up when excited by ionizing radiation.

Source: Sci-News, LLNL