Use of the BIN +. The Bank Identification Number (BIN) is a term from the credit card industry. It refers to a six-digit number that is assigned to banks for electronic routing of transactions. Credit/debit cards that are involved in banking transactions contain a BIN on magnetic stripe.
Definition of scintillation. 1 :  an act or instance of scintillating; especially : rapid changes in the brightness of a celestial body. 2a : a spark or flash emitted in scintillatingb : a flash of light produced in a phosphor by an ionizing event.
Its operation is based on the ionizing power of the radiatio, and it is a fairly simple, cheap and tough piece of gear to take into the field. We also use other counters that are based on the same or similar principles to detect radiation. The scintillation counter can be designed to look more specifically for gamma radiation, or the alpha and beta particulate radiation.