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A nuclear power plant (18) and its heat exhanger (26) are enclosed in an envelope (22) which is suspended above a bored shaft (14) from a support stem (30). When appropriate, the stem (30) can be melted by a furnace (34) to drop the envelope (22) to the bottom of the shaft (14). Sand (42) can then b

A nuclear power plant (18) and its heat exhanger (26) are enclosed in an envelope (22) which is suspended above a bored shaft (14) from a support stem (30). When appropriate, the stem (30) can be melted by a furnace (34) to drop the envelope (22) to the bottom of the shaft (14). Sand (42) can then be dropped onto the envelope (22) through a drainage pipe (46). While the nuclear power plant (18) is operating and suspended in the shaft, spent fuel rods (70) are dropped into a sand blasting machine's hopper (130), mixed with sand and dropped into a bag (134) containing a small explosive device. The bag (134) is then dropped to the bottom of the shaft (14) and the explosive detonated to scatter the contents of the bag (134). Optionally, more sand or earth is then added to reduce heat and radiation to acceptable levels.

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A nuclear power plant (18) and its heat exhanger (26) are enclosed in an envelope (22) which is suspended above a bored shaft (14) from a support stem (30). When appropriate, the stem (30) can be melted by a furnace (34) to drop the envelope (22) to the bottom of the shaft (14). Sand (42) can then b

A nuclear power plant (18) and its heat exhanger (26) are enclosed in an envelope (22) which is suspended above a bored shaft (14) from a support stem (30). When appropriate, the stem (30) can be melted by a furnace (34) to drop the envelope (22) to the bottom of the shaft (14). Sand (42) can then be dropped onto the envelope (22) through a drainage pipe (46). While the nuclear power plant (18) is operating and suspended in the shaft, spent fuel rods (70) are dropped into a sand blasting machine's hopper (130), mixed with sand and dropped into a bag (134) containing a small explosive device. The bag (134) is then dropped to the bottom of the shaft (14) and the explosive detonated to scatter the contents of the bag (134). Optionally, more sand or earth is then added to reduce heat and radiation to acceptable levels. B>and wherein L is the number of time slots and y is the number of segments. 5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the step of determining a carrier frequency offset from the first and second correlation values further comprises the step of determining a phase difference associated with the largest correlation value for a respective position within a set of primary channel positions for a single WCDMA communication signal frame. 6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the step of determining a phase difference is defined by the relationship: wherein Δφ is a phase difference estimate determined from a plurality of primary synchronization channels at position k in one frame, and further wherein a correlation value associated with each segment within a plurality of defined primary synchronization channel segments at position k and time slot m is represented by S1,k,m,S2,k,m,S3,k,m,and Sy,k,m. 7. The method according to claim 6 wherein the step of determining a carrier frequency offset from the first and second sets of correlation values is implemented in association with the relationship defined by: wherein Δφ is an estimate of the phase difference between each respective segment within a plurality of defined primary synchronization channel segments and T is the length of a single segment. 8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of generating a joint position and frequency estimation metric associated with the first and second sets of correlation values. 9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the step of generating a joint position and frequency estimation metric comprises estimating a maximum path position p associated with the WCDMA carrier signal defined by the relationship: wherein correlation values associated with each channel segment at position k and time slot m are represented by S1,k,m,S2,k,m,S3,k,m,and Sy,k,m,and wherein L is the number of time slots and y is the number of segments. 10. The method according to claim 9 wherein the step of generating a joint position and frequency estimation metric further comprises determining a phase difference defined by the relationship: wherein Δφ is a phase difference estimate determined from a plurality of primary synchronization channels at position k in one frame, and further wherein a correlation value associated with each segment within a plurality of defined primary synchronization channel segments at position k and time slot m is represented by S1,k,m,S2,k,m,S3,k,m,and Sy,k,m. 11. A WCDMA communication system comprising: at least one receiver configured to receive an IF WCDMA signal transmitted from a WCDMA transmitter, the at least one receiver comprising: a data processor; a data input device in communication with the data processor; an algorithmic software directing the data processor; and a data storage unit, wherein discrete WCDMA radio frame data, discrete WCDMA time slot data, discrete WCDMA primary synchronization channel data and discrete WCDMA secondary synchronization channel data is stored and supplied to the data processor such that the data processor, directed by the algorithmic software, can automatically generate a first set of correlation values associated with a first segment of a primary synchronization channel symbol and a second set of correlation values associated with a second segment of the primary synchronization channel symbol and therefrom determine a WCDMA carrier signal frequency offset and thereby acquire WCDMA carrier signal parameters associated with the WCDMA transmitter using algorithmically defined relationships associated with the discrete WCDMA radio frame data, discrete WCDMA time slot data, discrete WCDMA primary synchronization channel data and discrete WCDMA secondary synchronization channel data. 12. The WCDMA communication system according to c