Someone argues: "One thermal fission of releases in total
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The Nucleus Resolved, Ch Fission: the double-humped barrier and the shells the drop cannot see
Problem
Someone argues: "One thermal fission of 235U releases 202.5MeV in total, shared among fragment kinetic energy, prompt and delayed radiations, and antineutrinos (which carry 8.8MeV of the total). Since energy is conserved, a calorimeter enclosing the reactor core must register the full 202.5MeV per fission as heat." Find the error in this claim, and state the energy actually deposited locally per fission.