4 pages, 1 figure.-- Published in: Proceedings of the 22nd International Nuclear Physics Conference (Part 2), Göteborg, Sweden, Jun 27-Jul 2, 2004.Printed version published on Apr 18, 2005.This article explains the importance of β decay studies far from stability with the Total Absorption technique using as an example the decay of Sr-76. In this case the proper measurement of the BGT strength distribution over the full Qβ window, confirmed the ideas proposed long ago by Hamamoto of obtaining information about the nuclear deformation from beta decay.Peer reviewed