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.
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.
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]
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.
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