A scintillation system for detecting incident radiation, comprising: a scintillator composition for converting incident radiation to scintillation light wherein the scintillator composition comprises: a matrix material with a plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules dissolved therein, the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules comprising one or more dyes selected from the group consisting of: a polycyclic aromatic dye; one or more dyes selected from the group consisting of: pyrene and fluoranthene, and derivatives thereof; one or more dyes selected from the group of single ring benzene compounds consisting of pseudocumene, xylene, benzene and all derivatives thereof; one or more dyes selected from a group consisting of: a chromophore class known as naphthalene and a chromophore class known as biphenyl, and derivatives thereof; fluorene dibenzofuran and carbazole; or one or more dyes selected from a group consisting of: a chromophore class known as para-configured three ring compounds and their derivatives such as P-TerPhenyl,DiPhenylOxalole and DiPhenylFuran, wherein each base fluorescent dye molecule of the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules comprises one or more base fluorescent dye chromophores, wherein the matrix material is a solid organic material and comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: polystyrene, polyvinyltoluene, polyvinylxylene, polyvinylnaphthalene, polyvinylbiphenyl, polyvinyl carbazole, polycarbonate, polyvinylcarbonate, N-vinyl Pyrrolidone, polymethylacrylate, and polymethylmethacrylate, wherein the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules has a concentration in the range 0.3 to 3.5 mol/L, a base chromophore average nearest neighbor distance being in the range of 0.5 to 12·10 -10 m as controlled by the concentration of the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules; wherein the plurality of chromophores produces the scintillation light upon excitation; wherein the scintillation light has a prompt time component and a delayed time component, wherein the prompt time component and the delayed time component provide information so as to allow distinguishing between scintillation light created by neutrons and scintillation light created by gamma rays using a pulse shape analysis of the prompt time component and the delayed time component. a matrix material with a plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules dissolved therein, the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules comprising one or more dyes selected from the group consisting of: a polycyclic aromatic dye; one or more dyes selected from the group consisting of: pyrene and fluoranthene, and derivatives thereof; one or more dyes selected from the group of single ring benzene compounds consisting of pseudocumene, xylene, benzene and all derivatives thereof; one or more dyes selected from a group consisting of: a chromophore class known as naphthalene and a chromophore class known as biphenyl, and derivatives thereof; fluorene dibenzofuran and carbazole; or one or more dyes selected from a group consisting of: a chromophore class known as para-configured three ring compounds and their derivatives such as P-TerPhenyl,DiPhenylOxalole and DiPhenylFuran, wherein each base fluorescent dye molecule of the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules comprises one or more base fluorescent dye chromophores, wherein the matrix material is a solid organic material and comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: polystyrene, polyvinyltoluene, polyvinylxylene, polyvinylnaphthalene, polyvinylbiphenyl, polyvinyl carbazole, polycarbonate, polyvinylcarbonate, N-vinyl Pyrrolidone, polymethylacrylate, and polymethylmethacrylate, wherein the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules has a concentration in the range 0.3 to 3.5 mol/L, a base chromophore average nearest neighbor distance being in the range of 0.5 to 12·10 -10 m as controlled by the concentration of the plurality of base fluorescent dye molecules; wherein the plurality of chromophores produces the scintillation light upon excitation; wherein the scintillation light has a prompt time component and a delayed time component, wherein the prompt time component and the delayed time component provide information so as to allow distinguishing between scintillation light created by neutrons and scintillation light created by gamma rays using a pulse shape analysis of the prompt time component and the delayed time component.