In this paper, we initiate the study of prime bi-ideals (fuzzy bi-ideals) in semirings. We define strongly prime, prime, semiprime, irreducible and strongly irreducible bi-ideals in semirings. We also define strongly prime, semiprime, irreducible, strongly irreducible fuzzy bi-ideals of semirings. We characterize those semirings in which each bi-ideal (fuzzy bi-ideal) is prime (strongly prime).

A unitary strongly prime ring is defined as a prime ring whose central closure is simple with identity element. The class of unitary strongly prime rings is a special class of rings and the corresponding radical is called the unitary strongly prime radical. In this paper we prove some results on unitary strongly prime rings. The results are applied to study the unitary strongly prime radical of...