Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside

Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside
Christopher Hinton
Born 12 May 1901
Tisbury
Died 22 June 1983
London
Nationality British
Fields nuclear
Known for Calder Hall

Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, (12 May 1901, Tisbury, Wiltshire, – 22 June 1983, London) was a British nuclear engineer, and supervisor of the construction of Calder Hall, the world's first large-scale commercial nuclear power station.

Career

Hinton's career began as graduate engineering apprentice with the Great Western Railway at Swindon. Hinton graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a first class honors degree. Hinton then worked for Brunner Mond, and during WWII, Hinton was seconded to the Ministry of Supply. In 1946, Hinton was appointed Deputy Controller of Production, Atomic Energy, and in 1954 when the Atomic Energy Authority was formed, he was appointed Member for Engineering and Production as Managing Director of 'Industrial Group Risley' which comprised the Risley headquarters and laboratories at Culcheth, Capenhurst, Windscale, Springfields and Dounreay plus factories at Springfields, Capenhurst, Windscale, Calder, Dounreay and Chapelcross. Hinton's department was responsible for the design and construction of most of Britain's major nuclear plants, including Windscale, Capenhurst, Springfields and Dounreay. In 1957 Hinton became the first chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board.

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Academic offices
New institution Chancellor of the University of Bath
1966–1980
Succeeded by
Sir Frank Kearton
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
Harold Norman Gwynne Allen
President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1966
Succeeded by
Hugh Graham Conway



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