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PHYSICS STUDY ON LEAD-MAGNESIUM-EUTECTIC-COOLED FAST REACTOR FOR TRU TRANSMUTATION Y. Kim, S. J. Kim, and T. Y. Song Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute 150 Deokjin-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-353, Korea Abstract As an alternative heavy liquid metal coolant to lead and lead-bismuth eutectic, another lead-alloy, Pb-17Mg eutectic (LME), has been evaluated from the reactor physics point of view. In comparison with other lead or lead-alloy metals, the LME has a few more favorable thermo-physical characteristics such as a relatively low melting point, a good thermal conductivity