Malcolm Grimston
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
[edit]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.[2] He subsequently took a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), again at Magdalene Cambridge.
Career
[edit]Grimston taught chemistry for seven years from 1980, at Stowe and Millfield schools.[3] 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] In 1995 Grimston joined Imperial College as a senior research fellow.[4]
In 1999 Grimston became a senior research fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House.[5] He served as an associate fellow until 2015.[4]
Publications
[edit]- 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
[edit]Grimston lives in Wandsworth. He is a councillor on Wandsworth London Borough Council,[6] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Imperial College
- ^ Lowry, David (6 May 2008). "Obituary: Tom Tuohy". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "OSA Alumni Award 2020 – Malcolm Grimston – Scarborough College OSA". Scarborough College OSA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ 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