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This work is dedicated to figuring out robust epoxy/magnetite/boron carbide (EP/Mag/B4C) composite for radiation attenuation at multiple applications related to nuclear installations, as well as restoration mortar for cracking developed in concrete biological shields. The mechanical properties (flexural, compressive, and impact strengths) and the physical properties (water absorption, porosity, and dry bulk density), each, have been performed to label the composite integrity for practical application. In practice, attenuation properties have been performed by using a collimated beam emitted from spontaneous fission 252Cf (100 μg) neutron source and neutron gamma spectrometer with stilbene scintillator. The pulse shape discrimination technique which would come of the zero cross over method was used to measure the fast neutron and gamma-ray spectra. Thermal neutron fluxes have been measured by using the thermal neutron detection system and the BF-3 detector. The attenuation parameters: precisely, macroscopic effective removal cross-sections ΣR (cm-1), macroscopic cross-sections Σ (cm-1), and total attenuation coefficients μ (cm-1) of fast and thermal neutrons and total gamma-rays respectively were evaluated using the attenuation relations. Also, the MCNP5 code and MERCSF-N program have been used to compute the parameters theoretically. When applicable, measured and calculated results were compared, and it tells us a comprehensive agreement.

The concept of social responsibility is no longer limited to charitable and voluntary activity, but in fact it has become a broader and more comprehensive concept that includes solutions to the eco-nomic, social and environmental problems of societies. Moreover, sustainable development cannot be achieved in isolation from the close relationship between higher education, its institutions and society. Universities are essential as a pillar of society, as they play a pivotal role in raising awareness of social responsibility among their students, faculty and other employees, in a way that causes them to act as so-cial personalities who defend collective perspectives and do not choose to embrace individual thinking.Accordingly, the current research paper aims to provide a conceptual framework that clarifies the role of social responsibility of universities in sustainable development, dealing with the concept of social responsibility and its various aspects. The paper presents a number of recommendations that ensure that universities are strengthened in the social responsibility that is expected to achieve and support sustain-able development efforts.The programs provided as an example to Future University in Egypt must also meet social needs, instead of expressing a purely economic perspective, they should contribute to the sustainable develop-ment of the context in which the university operates.

The concept of social responsibility is no longer limited to charitable and voluntary activity, but in fact it has become a broader and more comprehensive concept that includes solutions to the economic, social and environmental problems of societies. Moreover, sustainable development cannot be achieved in isolation from the close relationship between higher education, its institutions and society. Universities are essential as a pillar of society, as they play a pivotal role in raising awareness of social responsibility among their students, faculty and other employees, in a way that causes them to act as social personalities who defend collective perspectives and do not choose to embrace individual thinking. Accordingly, the current research paper aims to provide a conceptual framework that clarifies the role of social responsibility of universities in sustainable development, dealing with the concept of social responsibility and its various aspects. The paper presents a number of recommendations that ensure that universities are strengthened in the social responsibility that is expected to achieve and support sustainable development efforts. The programs provided as an example to Future University in Egypt must also meet social needs, instead of expressing a purely economic perspective, they should contribute to the sustainable development of the context in which the university operates.