 These nuclei are predicted to be beta-stable and decay by alpha emission or spontaneous fission with relatively long half-lives, and confer additional stability on neighboring "N" = 228 isotones and elements 152–168, respectively.On the other hand, the same analysis suggests that proton shell closures may be relatively weak or even nonexistent in some cases such as 354126, meaning that such nuclei might not be doubly magic and stability will instead be primarily determined by strong neutron shell closures.Additionally, due to the enormously greater forces of electromagnetic repulsion that must be overcome by the strong force at the second island ("Z" = 164), it is possible that nuclei around this region only exist as resonances and cannot stay together for a meaningful amount of time.