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There are several isotopes of nobelium, and of those, several decay by alpha decay. I picked the one with the longest known half-life, nobelium-259, at 58 minutes. I did not consider nobelium-261, or -263, which are expected to be longer, because they have yet to be synthesized in the lab.

102259No --> 75% alpha --> 100255Fm + 24He2+

Nobelium-259 also decays by electron capture / beta+ with an incidence of about 25%. The NNDC database also states a spontaneous fission rate of less than 10%. That does not add up, but that's what the database says. I think the ambiguity is due to the relatively short half-life of the element and the difficulty in synthesizing and observing it.

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