Energy in Nuclear Reactions: Two deuterium nuclei, 
H, fuse to produce a tritium nucleus, 
H, plus an ordinary hydrogen nucleus, 
H. A neutral deuterium atom has a mass of 2.014102 u; a neutral tritium atom has a mass of 3.016050 u; a neutral hydrogen atom has a mass of 1.007825 u; a neutron has a mass of 1.008665 u; and a proton has a mass of 1.007277 u. How much energy is released in this fusion process? (1 u = 931.5 MeV/c2)
A. 3.03 MeV
B. 3.53 MeV
C. 4.03 MeV
D. 4.53 MeV
E. 6.58 MeV
Answer: C
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