Two deuterium nuclei, 
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
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