Interview about Hinkley Point C and the Chinese reaction, on Cambridge TV
http://www.cambridge-tv.co.uk/dr-simon-taylor-nuclear-power/
http://www.cambridge-tv.co.uk/dr-simon-taylor-nuclear-power/
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