Background
Grimston was born in Cleethorpes, now in North East Lincolnshire, then in Lindsey.
Grimston was born in Cleethorpes, now in North East Lincolnshire, then in Lindsey.
He studied Natural Sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge where he graduated in 1979.
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. He grew up in North Yorkshire, attending the independent Scarborough College. He subsequently took a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Postgraduate Certificate in Education), again at Magdalene Cambridge.
Grimston taught chemistry for seven years from 1980, at Stowe and Millfield schools.
From 1987-1992 he was an Information Officer at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority). From 1992-1995 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
Grimston lives in Tooting.
He has represented West Hill Ward since 1994.
He is an Independent councillor on Wandsworth London Borough Council, which the Conservatives have controlled since 1978.