NuKere, a nuclear plant, accidentally leaks hazardous waste onto a nearby property, despite having recently passed a rigorous set of safety checks. Under standards of strict liability, which of the following is true?

a) Nukere should be held liable because of the dangerous nature of hazardous waste. Regardless of safety checks, the accident happened.
b) NuKere can be held liable only if there is concrete physical evidence of harm to people or property.
c) Nukere cannot be held liable because anyone living nearby assumes the risk of hazardous waste toxicity.
d) NuKere cannot be held liable, as it just passed a strict set of safety checks.

In the united states, one worker can produce 10 tons of steel per day or 20 tons of chemicals per day. in the united kingdom, one worker can produce 5 tons of steel per day or 15 tons of chemicals per day. the united kingdom has a comparative advantage in the production of:

Dakota products has a production budget as follows: may, 16,000 units; june, 19,000 units; and july, 24,000 units. each unit requires 3 pounds of raw material and 2 direct labor hours. dakota desires to keep an inventory of 10% of the next month’s requirements on hand. on may, 1 there were 4,800 pounds of raw material in inventory. direct labor hours required in may would be:

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1