As an aide to Governor Blabla, you are given the task of recommending whether the state should locate a low-level nuclear waste facility in a rural county. The nuclear industry provides you with a cost-benefit study it has conducted, and it contains the following information: COST-BENEFIT SUMMARY FOR PROPOSED WASTE FACILITY Prepared by the Center for the Objective Study of Nuclear Issues Conclusion: The project will result in net benefits of $3 billion, with a benefit-cost ratio of 13. While these figures, of course, depend on the assumptions of the study, the very large net 2 Schor (1992: 70), citing Kanter