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TakedownIf you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request.PHYSICAL REVIEW C 88, 044322 (2013) A detailed nuclear-decay spectroscopy study of the neutron-deficient isotope 178 Tl has been performed using the highly selective Resonance Ionization Laser Ion Source and ISOLDE mass separator (CERN), which allowed a unique isobarically pure beam of 178 Tl to be produced. The first identification of the β-delayed fission of this isotope was made and its probability P βDF ( 178 Tl) = 0.15(6)% was determined. An asymmetric fission fragment mass distribution of the daughter isotope 178 Hg (populated by the β decay of 178 Tl) was deduced based on the measured fission fragment energies. The fine-structure α-decay pattern of 178 Tl allowed the low-energy states in the daughter nucleus 174 Au to be studied.