why couldn’t we get an infinite loop of energy by repeatedly doing nuclear fission and fusion

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If my mind serves me correctly, fission is splitting a particle into two, and fusion is bringing those two together, and nuclear fission and fusion produce huge amounts of energy, so why couldn’t we theoretically create a reactor that alternates between those two sometime way in the future?

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Only certain types of fission create energy. Fusion of hydrogen produces energy and helium. Fission of helium takes energy to produce hydrogen.

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