Which Produces More Energy, the Fissioning of a Single Uranium

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Multiple Choice

Which produces more energy, the fissioning of a single uranium nucleus or the fusing of a pair of deuterium nuclei? Why?

• A)Fusing a pair of deuterium nuclei produces more energy because, unlike fission, there is no radioactive waste product.
• B)Fissioning a single uranium nucleus produces more energy since its mass is much greater than that of a pair of deuterium nuclei.
• C)Both the fissioning of a single uranium nucleus and the fusing of a pair of deuterium nuclei produce the same amount of energy since the resulting products are the same.
• D)Neither the fissioning of a single uranium nucleus nor the fusing of a pair of deuterium nuclei produces any net amount of energy. On the contrary, both processes require more energy than they produce.

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