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How about that - I thought it was all about the binding energy curve: http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/fi/fi_bs/images/fig2_1473.gif http://ec.europa.eu/rese

How about that - I thought it was all about the binding energy curve: http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/fi/fi_bs/images/fig2_1473.gif http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/fi/fi_bs/images/fig2_147... where, as the diagram shows, fission comes up from the heavier elements (less energy difference) and fusion from the lighter (greatly more).

neutronicus 15y ago
Per fusion event, you get about 14 MeV to the about 200 MeV you get per fission event. It's true that the binding energy per nucleon is higher, but there are many fewer nucleons.