Compare the energy produced during the fission of a uranium atom with the energy produced due to the combustion of a carbon atom from coal.
(N/A) The energy released during the nuclear fission of a single uranium atom is approximately $10$ million times greater than the energy released during the combustion of a single carbon atom from coal.
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