Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Nuclear fusion is the force that powers the Sun, the stars, and

Nuclear fusion is the force that powers the Sun, the stars, and hydrogen bombs,merging the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors .

(A) merging the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors

(B) merging the nuclei of atoms instead of splitting them apart, like nuclear reactors

(C) merging the nuclei of atoms rather than splitting