Find information on past and future LRT workshops here, as well as links to relevant resources.
The Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT) workshop series examines topics in low radioactivity materials and techniques, a fundamental aspect of rare event searches.
Topics include global radioactivity measurement and screening facilities, low background counting techniques, purification and contamination control, radon control, comsogenic activation of materials, and backgrounds and simulations for rare event experiments related to dark matter, solar neutrinos, double-beta decay and long half-life phenomena. This conference’s wide scope includes all aspects of the development of low background detectors and techniques.
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Upcoming LRT Workshop
We are looking for a host for the next LRT Workshop in 2026! Please review Solicitation to Host LRT2026 for information on how to send a letter of interest.
The 2024 Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT) workshop was hosted by the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland from Oct. 1-4. The next workshop will be held in 2026!
Past LRT Workshops
The LRT Workshop has been held in locations across the world:
- LRT2024 at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
- LRT2022 co-hosted by South Dakota Mines and the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF)
- LRT2019 at Palacio de Congresos and hosted by Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC), Spain
- LRT2017 at Ewha Womans University hosted by the Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, South Korea
- LRT2015 hosted jointly by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA
- LRT2013 at LNGS in Assergi, Italy
- LRT2010 at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada
- LRT2006 at Modane in Aussois, France
- LRT2004 inaugural meeting, hosted at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Canada.