Statement 1: Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion. Statement 2: For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z, while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing Z. binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z Statement 1: Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion. Statement 2: For heavy nuclei while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing Z. November 28, 2020 Category: Chapter 18 - Atoms and Nuclei , JEE Mains Physics 2002-2019 Solved Video Solutions , Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Share this:TwitterFacebook Related