Dr Simon Taylor

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Dr Simon Taylor is a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Faculty (Professor Level) in Management Practice at the Cambridge Judge Business School, where he was the first Director of the School’s Master of Finance programme (2006-2018) and then Deputy Director of Executive Education (2014-2016). His publications include The fall and rise of nuclear power in Britain: a history (Cambridge, 2016) and for Politeia he was co-author of Nuclear Options: Powering the Future (2014).

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Energy, Rail and Transport - Recent Publications

‘Nuclear Options: Powering the Future’, by R. Cashmore, D. Mowat MP, S. Taylor

By Dr Simon Taylor
January 2, 2014

PDF: Nuclear Options: Powering the Future Energy costs are now centre-stage in the policy debate at Westminster as both government and opposition promise to tackle rising costs. But...

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Nuclear Options – Is Hinkley Point the Best Deal for the UK?

By Dr Simon Taylor
October 25, 2013

As HMG announces a deal with the French company EDF to go ahead with the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point with substantial Chinese investment, Dr...

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