Problem

In the fusion reaction

{}_{1}^{2} \text{H} + {}_{1}^{2} \text{H} \rightarrow {}_{2}^{3} \text{He} + {}_{0}^{1} \text{n}

, the masses of deuteron, helium and neutron expressed in amu are 2.015, 3.017 and 1.009 respectively. If 1 kg of deuterium undergoes complete fusion, find the amount of total energy released.

1 \text{ amu} \equiv 931.5 \text{ MeV}/c^2

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