The NMS Liquid Scintillation Users' Forum is held annually at NPL. It is for the benefit of all users of liquid scintillation counting techniques, including those who may be making routine measurements in medical and research situations. Whilst liquid scintillation techniques are used for a diverse range of measurements, it is hoped that there will be benefits to be derived from a sharing of experience, and that those who use the technique for routine measurements may take advantage of the opportunity to discuss the more technical aspects of the subject.

A more detailed description of the forum's aims and activites can be found in the Terms of Reference.

Membership of the forum is free, although a charge is made for attendance at meetings.

Publication News

NPL Recommended Nuclear Decay Data

A guide to Recommended Nuclear Decay Data, including a compilation of half-lives and their uncertainties, has been published as NPL Report IR 6 and can be downloaded by clicking the link. If you wish to receive a paper copy, please contact: Andy Pearce

Future meetings

6-10 September 2010 : LSC2010 - Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry
Paris, France
This is an international conference held every two years covering various topics in liquid scintillation counting such as environmental measurements, radionuclide metrology, medical applications and decommissioning. More information and details on how to register can be found here

Planning future meetings

The LSUF belongs to its members, so NPL is keen to provide you and prospective members with events that satisfy requirements. If you have a topic, speaker or location that you would like to be incorporated in future events, please let us know. This, and other feedback on LSUF events, can be submitted anonymously via this simple feedback form. We appreciate your views.

Past meetings - Minutes and presentations from the last meeting available

Ninth Meeting

• Minutes of the Ninth LSUF meeting - 19 May 2010 will be available shortly
• Agenda ( 123 KB)
• Presentations:
  • ISO 11929:2010 ( 89 KB)
  • Making Sense of Limits of Detection ( 415 KB)
  • Field deployable radioanalytical platform for unattended near-well monitoring of radioactive groundwater plumes
    ( 5 MB)
  • When Particle Physics Meets Radiochromatograph ( 2 MB)

Archived meetings

Click here for details of archived LSUF meetings

If you require further information on LSUF, please contact: Eleanor Bakhshandeiar