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"Nuclear Fusion"

By Andrew Zimmerman Jones, About.com

Definition: Nuclear fusion is a nuclear reaction in which two light nuclei (such as hydrogen) combine to form a heavier nuclei (such as helium). The process releases excess binding energy from the reaction, based upon the binding energies of the atoms involved in the process.

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