Boron doped cement and concrete

A concrete composition comprising:

• fine aggregate particles and coarse aggregate particles, wherein the fine aggregate particles and coarse aggregate particles each have a neutron shielding coating comprising a boron compound, wherein the boron compound is part of boron particles that have a largest least dimension of 1 micron to 100 microns, wherein the fine aggregate particles are selected from the group consisting of:
• natural or synthetic sand, crushed stone, and gravel, wherein the coarse aggregate particles are selected from the group consisting of:
• natural or synthetic sand, crushed stone, and gravel, wherein the boron compound is selected from the group consisting of:
• boron minerals, organoboron compounds, borates and their hydrated forms, borate esters and their hydrated forms, ionic borohydrides, and a combination thereof, wherein the boron content in the concrete composition is about 0.5-80 kg/m3.