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According to the nuclear energy curve, would fusion or fission or neither release nuclear energy from gold [atomic number 79], and why?
A) Neither, because all other elements have higher nuclear energies than carbon.
B) Fusion, because then the reaction product has a lower atomic number and thus a higher nuclear energy.
C) Fission, because then the reaction products have higher atomic numbers and thus a higher nuclear energy.
D) Fission, because then the reaction products have lower atomic numbers and thus a lower nuclear energy.
E) Fusion, because then the reaction product has a higher atomic number and thus a lower nuclear energy.
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