Fission reactions occur only for nuclei with large nucleon numbers, while exoergic fusion reactions occur only for nuclei with small nucleon numbers. Why is this?

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Fission reactions occur only for nuclei with large nucleon numbers, while exoergic fusion reactions occur only for nuclei with small nucleon numbers. Why is this?

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