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2023-11-06 21:41:05 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 274C12DBDA41F0260A100522E68189EF39A06368840BE1890F73484EBC4141BC
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Original Note:
This image seems to suggest that splitting a helium atom would yield net positive energy, while in fact nuclear fission of atoms lighter than iron needs more energy than it yields. For helium atoms, the opposite - nuclear fusion - is energetically profitable https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/fission-and-fusion-what-difference
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