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

smaller for fission fragments than for parent nucleus

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the same for fission fragments and parent nucleus

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larger for fission fragments than for parent nucleus

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sometimes larger and sometimes smaller

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The correct option is D larger for fission fragments than for parent nucleus
Nuclear energy is released in fission since binding energy per nucleon is more for products than the binding energy per nucleon for reactants.
So, binding energy per nucleon is larger for fission fragments than for parent nucleus in fission.

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Q. Assertion :Energy is released in nuclear fission. Reason: The total binding energy of the fission fragments is larger than the total binding energy
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Statement II: In a nuclear fission reaction, the rest mass energy of the parent nucleus is more than the combined rest mass energy of two daughter fragments and neutrons.

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