Black Hills State University Underground Campus

- The BHUC is a low background counting facility being developed at SURF.
- Four detectors are installed in the BHUC and four more will arrive within the year.
- In total, the BHUC will be able to accommodate up to twelve detectors.
- BHUC users are forming a collaboration of low background counters to pool resources.
- There is currently space available for new low background counters in the BHUC.

The Black Hills State University Underground Campus (BHUC) houses a low background counting facility on the 4850′ level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility. There are currently four ultra-low background, high-purity germanium detectors installed in the BHUC and it is anticipated four more detectors will be installed within a year. In total, the BHUC will be able to accommodate up to twelve detectors with space inside a class 1000 cleanroom, an automated liquid nitrogen fill system, on-site personnel assistance and other required utilities.