Solid state nuclear track detectors

Traditionally, the international conference on solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDS) covers all types of detector from emulsions, through plastics, to glasses and minerals. However, at the 11th meeting of the series (held at Bristol University on 7–12 September 1981) 80% of the papers concerned polymeric or plastic track detectors – in particular the sensitive polymer CR-39, discovered in 1978 by scientists at Berkeley, California.