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The purpose of this article is to investigate the shielding performance ofthe B$_2$O$_3$-Bi$_2$O$_3$-ZnO-Li$_2$O glasses as gamma shields. To this end,the attenuation parameters of the gamma-ray forB$_2$O$_3$-Bi$_2$O$_3$-ZnO-Li$_2$O glasses were calculated from the results ofthe simulation performed by MCNPX computer code. To validate the simulation,the calculated values of mass attenuation coefficients in the energy range of200 keV to 1500 keV were compared with the XCOM data base. The relativedeviation between the results of simulation using the MCNPX and the XCOMdatabase was 2%. Additionally, the mean free path (MFP) and half-value layer(HVL) parameters were calculated. The results show that among the examinedsamples, the B$_4$ glass sample has the best shielding performance. From theresults of the calculation, it can be understood that the addition of compoundLi$_2$O to compound B$_2$O$_3$-Bi$_2$O$_3$-ZnO-Li$_2$O has a huge impact on theshielding performance of the examined glass versus gamma-rays. In addition, theresults show that the existing B$_2$O$_3$-Bi$_2$O$_3$-ZnO-Li$_2$O glasses willhave a promising outlook as gamma rays shield due to the possibility ofchanging the weight percentage of Li$_2$O in them.

Investigation of the gamma-ray shielding performance of the B$_2$O$_3$-Bi$_2$O$_3$-ZnO-Li$_2$O glasses based on the Monte Carlo approach