Suppose you had a bunch of lead ( 82 207 Pb), and wanted to convert nuclear ener

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Suppose you had a bunch of lead (82207 Pb), and wanted to convert nuclear energy into other forms of energy. Should you design a nuclear reaction involving the fusion of lead or the fission of lead? The figure below may prove useful.

fission

fusion

Either fission or fusion would work.

Neither would work: there is no way to convert nuclear energy into other forms of energy.

fission

fusion

Either fission or fusion would work.

Neither would work: there is no way to convert nuclear energy into other forms of energy.

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