As far as i can remember, the QWERTY layout of keyboards is not to improve productivity but is designed to make interference/collisions less likely between the die-arms of mechanical typewriters. Other keyboard layouts exist that are designed for typing efficiency but never really caught on.
Of course, this doesn't diminish your point. Layout is not necessarily trivial.
Actually, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been building nuclear power plants and fuel for years. They were also a major bidder for Westinghouse (their top bid was around 4.5 billion). You may remember them from their Zero fighter planes in WWII.
GE does not own Westinghouse proper. GE owns some of the divisions of Westinghouse when it was split up by Viacom in the 90s. GE is one of the main competitors to Westinghouse Electric Company, the nuclear division which is currently owned by British Nuclear Fuels. The other main competitor is Areva/Framatone out of France.
In the 90s, Westinghouse was split up by Viacom, the owner at that time. The electronics side of the business was sold to Siemens and currently goes under the name Siemens-Westinghouse. All the other divisions of Westinghouse were sold to a variety of companies except for the nuclear division. The nuclear division retained the name Westinghouse Electric Company and was sold to British nuclear fuels.
This concern is not valid considering that Westinghouse is currently owned entirely by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL). Also, DOE does not get very involved in the business side of things. This would be an NRC issue.
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As far as i can remember, the QWERTY layout of keyboards is not to improve productivity but is designed to make interference/collisions less likely between the die-arms of mechanical typewriters. Other keyboard layouts exist that are designed for typing efficiency but never really caught on. Of course, this doesn't diminish your point. Layout is not necessarily trivial.
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Actually, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been building nuclear power plants and fuel for years. They were also a major bidder for Westinghouse (their top bid was around 4.5 billion). You may remember them from their Zero fighter planes in WWII.
GE does not own Westinghouse proper. GE owns some of the divisions of Westinghouse when it was split up by Viacom in the 90s. GE is one of the main competitors to Westinghouse Electric Company, the nuclear division which is currently owned by British Nuclear Fuels. The other main competitor is Areva/Framatone out of France.
In the 90s, Westinghouse was split up by Viacom, the owner at that time. The electronics side of the business was sold to Siemens and currently goes under the name Siemens-Westinghouse. All the other divisions of Westinghouse were sold to a variety of companies except for the nuclear division. The nuclear division retained the name Westinghouse Electric Company and was sold to British nuclear fuels.
This concern is not valid considering that Westinghouse is currently owned entirely by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL). Also, DOE does not get very involved in the business side of things. This would be an NRC issue.