Energy Release of Electron Capture to Ground State

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Hello All,
I am pretty sure that when a nucleus decays via e.c. and goes to the ground state all of the excess energy is released with the emission of the neutrino but was wondering if anyone could confirm/give a reference for this.
Thanks!
 
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