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The average amount of energy released during the fission of uranium atom is:

Nuclear energy is generated by the process of nuclear fusion or nuclear fission.

Nuclear fission is a process in which nucleus of heavy elements like uranium divides into two smaller nuclei when bombarded with some neutron. During fission of uranium, 200MeV energy is released.

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