HIGH DENSITY CONCRETE: THE DENSITY OF CONCRETE VARIES FROM 3360 KG/MTS CUBE TO 3840 KG/MTS CUBE, WHERE AS THE NORMAL CONCRETE IS THE ODER OF 2400 KG/MTS CUBE.THE DENSITY OF LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE IS ABOUT 1900 KG/MTS CUBE AND THAT OF NORMAL CONCRETE ABOUT 2400 KG/MTS CUBE.THUS THE DENSITY OF HEAVY WEIGHT CONCRETE IS 50% MORE THAN THE DENSITY OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE.HOWEVER THIS CONCRETE CAN BE PRODUCED OF DENSITY UPTO 5200 KG/MTS CUBE USING IRON AS BOTH FINE AND COARSE AGGREGATE. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE NECULAR ENERGY, THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE DEMAND OF THE CONCRETE TECNOLOGISTS IN THE MARKET.DUE TO THE USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCING REACTORS, LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF PENETRATING RADIATION AND RADIO ACTIVE MATERIALS ALSO HAS TAKEN PLACE.THUS ALL NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCING UNITS SUCH AS NUCLEAR REACTORS, PARTICLE ACCELERATOR, INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY, X-RAY AND GAMMA RAY THERAPY UNITS REQUIRE NUCLEAR SHIELDING MATERIAL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE OPERATING PERSSONNEL AGAINST THE BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS SUCH AS RADIATION.TYPES OF RADIATION AND THEIR HAZARDS: THE RADIATION CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO TWO GROUPS.THESE ARE CONSIDERED IN THE DESIGN OF BIOLOGICAL SHIELDS. 1.ELECTRO-MEGNETIC WAVES, 2.NUCLEAR PARTICLES 1.ELECTRO-MEGNETIC WAVES: THESE WAVES ARE OF HIGH FREQUENCY AND HAVE HIGH ENERGY.THESE WAVES ARE KNOWNAS X AND GAMMA RAYES.THESE ARE THE ONLY ELECTRO-MAGNETIC WAVES WHICH NEED SHIELDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONNEL.THOUGH THEY ARE SIMILAR TO HIGH RAYS, BUT POSSES HIGHER ENERGY AND PENETRATING POWER.X AND GAMA RAYS ARE IDENTICAL, BUT THEIR SOURCE OF PRODUCTION ARE DIFFERENT.BOTH THEE RAYS HAVE HIGH PENETRATING POWER BUT THEY CAN BE ADEQUATELY ABSORBED BY AN APPROPRIATE THICKNESS OF CONCRETE SHIELD. 2.NUCLEAR PARTICLES:IT CONSIST OS NUCLEL OF ATOMS OR THEIR FRAGMENTS.THESE FRAGMENTS ARE KNOWN AS NEUTRONS, PROTONS, ALPHAAND BETA PARTICLES.EXCEPT NEUTRONS ALL OTHER PARTICLES POSSES AN ELECTRIC CHARGE.ON THE OTHER HAND NEUTRONS AREUN CHARGED AND REMAIN UN AFFECTED BY THE ELECTRIC FIELD, UNTIL THEY INTERACT BY COLLISION WITHA NUCLEUS. THEY HAVE NO DEFINATE RANGE AND SOME OF THEM MAY PENETRATE ANY SHIELD. ALPHA, BETAAND PROTONS CARRY ELECTRICAL CHARGE, WHICH INTERACT WITH ELECTRIC FIELD, SURROUNDING THE ATOM OF THE SHIELDING MATERIAL AND LOSE THEIR ENERGY.THUS X AND GAMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS NEED PROTECTION SHIELD.THUS THE RADIATION MUST BE REDUCED OR WEAKENED SUFFICIENTLY, SO THAT THE EMAINDER OR LEFT OUT RADIATION MAY NOT CAUSE PARMANENT TO PERSONS EXPOSED TO IT. APART FROM THE BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS, A VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE IS ALSO GENERATED BY THE NECLEAR REACTION.THUS THE SHIELDING IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE ELECTRONIC AND OTHER SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT IN THE VICINITY. SHIELDING ABILITY OF THE CONCRETE: ADVANTAGES: 1.IT HAS SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO ABSORB THE RADIATION BOTH OF NEUTRON ANG GAMA RAYS, REDUCING THE RADIATION TO A VERY WEAK STATE.