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–  The composition of the most primitive solar system condensates, such as calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs) and micron‐sized corundum grains, show that short‐lived radionuclides (SLR), e.g.,  26 Al, were present in the early solar system. Their abundances require a local or stellar origin, which, however, is far from being understood. We present for the first time the abundances of several SLR up to  60 Fe predicted from stars with initial mass in the range approximately 7–11 M ⊙ . These stars evolve through core H, He, and C burning. After core C burning they go through a “Super”‐asymptotic giant branch (Super‐AGB) phase, with the H and He shells activated alternately, episodic thermal pulses in the He shell, a very hot temperature at the base of the convective envelope (approximately 10 8  K), and strong stellar winds driving the H‐rich envelope into the surrounding interstellar medium. The final remnants of the evolution of Super‐AGB stars are mostly O–Ne white dwarfs. Our Super‐AGB models produce  26 Al/ 27 Al yield ratios approximately 0.02–0.26. These models can account for the canonical value of the  26 Al/ 27 Al ratio using dilutions with the solar nebula of the order of 1 part of Super‐AGB mass per several 10 2  to several 10 3  of solar nebula mass, resulting in associated changes in the O‐isotope composition in the range Δ 17 O from 3 to 20‰. This is in agreement with observations of the O isotopic ratios in primitive solar system condensates, which do  not  carry the signature of a stellar polluter. The radionuclides  41 Ca and  60 Fe are produced by neutron captures in Super‐AGB stars and their meteoritic abundances are also matched by some of our models, depending on the nuclear and stellar physics uncertainties as well as the meteoritic experimental data. We also expect and are currently investigating Super‐AGB production of SLR heavier than iron, such as  107 Pd.

Short‐lived radioactivity in the early solar system: The Super‐AGB star hypothesis