Nuclear energy is released in fission since binding energy per nucleon is

sometimes larger and sometimes smaller

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larger for fission fragments than for parent nucleus

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same for fission fragments and nucleus

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smaller for fission fragments than for parent nucleus

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The correct option is A larger for fission fragments than for parent nucleus
Nuclear energy is released in fission because BE/nucleon is larger for fission fragments than for parent nucleus.

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