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No mass is lost in radioactive decay. Mass is conserved.Frantically Googling again?
Mass is lost in radioactive decay, Mr. Copy and Paste.
The mass in end material is equal to the mass of the starting material.The daughter products of a radioactive decay chain have less combined mass than the mass of the original atomic nuclei.
It didn't go anywhere. It is not possible to destroy mass into nothing.Where did the mass go? It was converted to energy, specifically gamma radiation and kinetic energy
Mass is not energy.
Mass cannot be converted to energy.
Gamma radiation is photons, which have no mass (other than apparent mass, IAW Einstein's special theory of relativity, which you deny).
In pocket billiards, if you break rack of object balls with a strong shot from the cue ball, it does not destroy the mass of a single ball.
You cannot create mass out of nothing.
You cannot destroy mass into nothing.
You cannot create energy out of nothing.
You cannot destroy energy into nothing.
You cannot convert mass to energy.
You cannot convert energy to mass.