A nucleus with mass number \( 242 \) and binding energy per nucleon as \( 7.6 \, \text{MeV} \) breaks into two fragment each with mass number \( 121 \). If each fragment nucleus has binding energy per nucleon as \( 8.1 \, \text{MeV} \), the total gain in binding energy is ______ \( \text{MeV} \).