Malcolm Charles Grimston (born 1 May 1958) is a British advocate of nuclear power, and is also a scientific author, based at the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College London. [1] He has featured extensively on British television and radio in context of the latest new-build power stations for nuclear power in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Grimston was born in Cleethorpes, now in North East Lincolnshire, then in Lindsey.[ citation needed] He grew up in North Yorkshire, attending the independent Scarborough College. He studied natural sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1979.[ citation needed] He subsequently took a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), again at Magdalene Cambridge.
Career
Grimston taught chemistry for seven years from 1980, at Stowe and Millfield schools.[ citation needed] From 1987-92 he was an information officer at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).[ citation needed] From 1992-95 he was an information officer at the British Nuclear Industry Forum (now called the Nuclear Industry Association).[ citation needed] From 1999-2002 he was also at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House. [2]
Since 1995, Grimston has worked at the Imperial Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College, as a senior research fellow until 1999 and an honorary senior research fellow since then.[ citation needed]
Publications
- Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy (with Peter Beck, Earthscan Books, 2002)
- Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past? (with Peter Beck, Chatham House 2000)
- The paralysis in energy decision-making (Whittle Publishing, September 2016)
- West Hill and Wimbledon Park Side - Story of a Council Ward (Authorhouse, November 2018)
Personal life
Grimston lives in Wandsworth. He is a councillor on Wandsworth London Borough Council, [3] where he has represented West Hill ward since 1994. In 2014, he left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent.
In 2018, he was re-elected with 4,002 votes. This was the highest individual result recorded for any candidate in Wandsworth and in Greater London.
See also
References
- ^ Imperial College
- ^ Chatham House
- ^ Wandsworth Council Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- 1958 births
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Schoolteachers from Lincolnshire
- People associated with nuclear power
- People educated at Scarborough College
- People from Cleethorpes
- People from Tooting
- Science teachers
- Living people
- Chatham House people
- Councillors in the London Borough of Wandsworth
- Independent councillors in the United Kingdom
Malcolm Charles Grimston (born 1 May 1958) is a British advocate of nuclear power, and is also a scientific author, based at the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College London. [1] He has featured extensively on British television and radio in context of the latest new-build power stations for nuclear power in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Grimston was born in Cleethorpes, now in North East Lincolnshire, then in Lindsey.[ citation needed] He grew up in North Yorkshire, attending the independent Scarborough College. He studied natural sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1979.[ citation needed] He subsequently took a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), again at Magdalene Cambridge.
Career
Grimston taught chemistry for seven years from 1980, at Stowe and Millfield schools.[ citation needed] From 1987-92 he was an information officer at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).[ citation needed] From 1992-95 he was an information officer at the British Nuclear Industry Forum (now called the Nuclear Industry Association).[ citation needed] From 1999-2002 he was also at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House. [2]
Since 1995, Grimston has worked at the Imperial Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College, as a senior research fellow until 1999 and an honorary senior research fellow since then.[ citation needed]
Publications
- Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy (with Peter Beck, Earthscan Books, 2002)
- Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past? (with Peter Beck, Chatham House 2000)
- The paralysis in energy decision-making (Whittle Publishing, September 2016)
- West Hill and Wimbledon Park Side - Story of a Council Ward (Authorhouse, November 2018)
Personal life
Grimston lives in Wandsworth. He is a councillor on Wandsworth London Borough Council, [3] where he has represented West Hill ward since 1994. In 2014, he left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent.
In 2018, he was re-elected with 4,002 votes. This was the highest individual result recorded for any candidate in Wandsworth and in Greater London.
See also
References
- ^ Imperial College
- ^ Chatham House
- ^ Wandsworth Council Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- 1958 births
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Schoolteachers from Lincolnshire
- People associated with nuclear power
- People educated at Scarborough College
- People from Cleethorpes
- People from Tooting
- Science teachers
- Living people
- Chatham House people
- Councillors in the London Borough of Wandsworth
- Independent councillors in the United Kingdom