WISRD Research & Engineering Journal

Figure 13 . Light tight scintillator. To avoid any possible damage by condensation from moisture in the air contained in the boxes, we wrapped each detector in two adult size Depends ™ (Fig. 14)

Figure 14 . Adult sized Depends™ were used to absorb any moisture that enters the box. Additionally, to reduce the volume of air containing any moisture, extra space in the box was filled with dry sand (Fig. 15). The sand was also useful in leveling the detectors and restricting their movement inside the box.

Figure 15 . Adding sand, several tests were conducted to make sure there was no additional

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