The island of stability in nuclear physics describes a set of as-yet undiscovered isotopes of transuranium elements which are theorized to be much more stable than others. Specifically, they are expected to have radioactive decay half-lives of at least minutes or days as compared to seconds, with some expecting half-lives of millions of years.
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