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A new cluster model solution to the long standing nuclear structure problemof describing the anomalously long lifetime of 14C is presented. Relatedbeta-decay data for 14O to states in 14N, gamma decay data between low lyingpositive parity states in 14N and the elastic and inelastic magnetic dipoleelectron scattering from 14N data are all shown to be very accurately describedby the model. The shapes of the beta spectra for the A=14 system are also wellreproduced by the model. The model invokes four-nucleon tetrahedral symmetricspatial correlations arising from three- and four-nucleon interactions whichyields a high degree of SU(4) singlet structure for the clusters and atetrahedral intrinsic shape for the doubly magic 16O ground state. The largequadrupole moment of the 14N ground state is obtained here for the first timeand arises because of the almost 100% d-wave deuteron-like-hole clusterstructure inherent in the model.

New solution to the puzzle of the long lifetime of 14C