Abstract: A shield wall for surrounding radioactive equipment and containers of radioactive waste materials to prevent the escape of radioactivity therefrom. The wall is made of a plurality of spaced vertical rows of elongated hangers which depend downwardly from a support member. Each row of depending hangers consists of a plurality of hangers having an upper end and a lower end with a hole adjacent to the upper end and an outwardly extending pin adjacent to the lower end. The ends of adjacent hangers in each row are attached and a plurality of lead panels is supported on the depending hangers with their adjacent edges overlapping to form a continuous and unbroken wall.