The statement that nuclear fission is the combining of small nuclei into larger ones is false.
What is nuclear fission?
Nuclear fission is a process in which one nucleus splits into two or more small nuclei. The process release large amount of energy and produce gamma photons.
Opposite to it, Nuclear fusion is a process of combining of small nuclei into larger ones.
Thus, the statement is false, because nuclear fission is a process of splitting of a nucleus.
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