The applications of a new inorganic scintillator, lithium gadolinium borate, to neutron dosimetry and spectroscopy, are described. A dosimeter using this material registers, in separate energy bins, thermal, epithermal and MeV neutrons. A spectrometer for MeV neutrons has a calculated energy resolution of 10% FWHM. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.