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Malcolm Charles Grimston (born 1 May 1958) is a British advocate of nuclear power, and scientific author, based at the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College London. 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.
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Early life
Grimston was born in Cleethorpes, now in North East Lincolnshire, then in Lindsey. He grew up in North Yorkshire, attending the independent Scarborough College. He studied Natural Sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge where he graduated in 1979. 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. From 1987-92 he was an Information Officer at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). From 1992-95 he was an Information Officer at the British Nuclear Industry Forum (now called the Nuclear Industry Association). From 1999-2002 he was also at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House.
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.
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Personal life
Grimston lives in Tooting. He is an Independent councillor on Wandsworth London Borough Council, which the Conservatives have controlled since 1978. He has represented West Hill Ward since 1994.