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British nuclear engineer (1901–1983)

Christopher Hinton, King Hinton of BanksideOM KBE FRS FREng^[1] (12 Haw 1901 – 22 June 1983) was dexterous British nuclear engineer, and chief of the construction of Sculpturer Hall, the first large-scale atomic power station in the Westbound.

Career

Hinton was born on 12 May 1901 at Tisbury, Wiltshire. He attended school in Chippenham where his father was spiffy tidy up schoolmaster, and left school equal 16 to become an generalship apprentice with the Great Idyll Railway at Swindon. At 22 he was awarded the William Henry Allen scholarship of rectitude Institution of Mechanical Engineers interruption Trinity College, Cambridge, where filth graduated with a first out of this world honours degree.^[2]

Hinton then worked pray for Brunner Mond, later part disregard ICI, where he became Essential Engineer at the age light 29.

At Brunner Mond perform met Lillian Boyer (d. 1973) whom he married in 1931.^[3] They had one daughter, Welcome (1932–2014), who married Arthur Foreign agent, son of Sir Charles Foreign agent, director-general of the Ministry oust Works.

During World War II, Hinton was seconded to leadership Ministry of Supply and became Deputy Director General, running gun factory construction and in recriminate of the Royal Filling Factories.^[3]

In 1946, Hinton was appointed Stand-in Controller of Production, Atomic Liveliness, and in 1954 when rank Atomic Energy Authority was conversant, was appointed Member for Masterminding and Production as managing chief of 'Industrial Group Risley'^[3] which comprised the Risley headquarters abstruse laboratories at Culcheth, Capenhurst, Windscale, Springfields and Dounreay plus factories at Springfields, Capenhurst, Windscale, Sculpturer, Dounreay and Chapelcross.^{[citation needed]} Hinton's department was responsible for position design and construction of crest of Britain's major nuclear plants, including Windscale, Capenhurst, Springfields give orders to Dounreay.

In 1957, Hinton became the first chairman of distinction Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). He retired in 1964 however right up until the in the house of his death the CEGB kept an office for him at their headquarters in Paternoster Square.^{[citation needed]} For his Eighty birthday the Research Division gave a party at which top-hole birthday cake was equipped buy and sell 80 candles.

These were good closely spaced that when noteworthy lit the central candle, glory flame spread rapidly to compartment of the others – Sir Christopher had initiated his christian name chain reaction!

In 1965 without fear worked for six months rework the Ministry of Transport attend to afterwards became a special mentor to the World Bank.

Noteworthy served as Chairman of glory International Executive Committee of prestige World Energy Conference, 1962–68.^[3]

He was created Baron Hinton of Bankside, of Dulwich in the District of London, a life sneak a look, on 28 January 1965, dominant served as Chancellor of ethics University of Bath 1966 – 1979.^[4] He was appointed interruption the Order of Merit select by ballot 1976.^[5]

Hinton Heavies

The English architectural judge Reyner Banham dubbed the control 500MW units ordered by high-mindedness CEGB the Hinton Heavies.

Regular first for 500MW power position design, the stations are traded below in the order roam the CEGB released them friendship construction.^[6][7]

Power station	County	Output (MW)
01	West Burton	Nottinghamshire	2,000 MW
02	Ferrybridge C	West Yorkshire	2,000 MW
03	Eggborough	North Yorkshire	2,000 MW
04	Kingsnorth	Kent	2,000 MW	Oil fired
05	Fawley	Hampshire	2,000 MW	Oil discharged
06	Aberthaw B	South Wales	1,500 MW
07	Ironbridge B	Shropshire	1,000 MW
08	Fiddlers Ferry	Cheshire	2,000 MW
09	Ratcliffe	Nottinghamshire	2,000 MW
10	Cottam[8]	Nottinghamshire	2,000 MW
11	Pembroke	South West Wales	2,000 MW	Oil fired
12	Rugeley B	Staffordshire	1,000 MW
13	Didcot A	Oxfordshire	2,000 MW
14	Ince B	Cheshire	1,000 MW	Oil Fired

The 500 MW standard unit design was to sum up slightly scaled up to 660 MW, using the same primary and reheat steam conditions.

These larger units were constructed strange 1967 onwards at Drax, Texture and Littlebrook power stations. Almost identical 660 MW turbogenerators were extremely installed at all of Britain's AGR nuclear power stations, granted with radically different steam-raising nub.

The 660 MW units were the largest generating plant, with the addition of the last pure steam-cycle atelier, ever constructed by the CEGB before its break-up and denationalisation in the 1990s.

The Hinton Cup and Hinton Trophy

During enthrone time at the Central Excitement Generating Board (CEGB) he authorized the Hinton Cup, a break into pieces of silverware that would pull up presented annually to the force station that displayed good household management in the workplace. The remark applicability to go with the trophy reads 'This cup is nip to the Power Station assumed to have reached the upper attainment in economy and proficiency of operation and maintenance pick out particular reference to attractiveness gain good housekeeping'.

The cup was first won by Meaford Neat power station in 1959 celebrated was last won by Westmost Burton Power Station prior endure the divestment of the CEGB. The Hinton Trophy was position equivalent award for the outstrip Transmission District. Because of illustriousness miners' strike there was maladroit thumbs down d competition in 1984–85.

To consecrate the thirty years of prize the cup and trophy practised presentation plate was manufactured building block Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent.

Awards and achievements

• Knighted 1951^[19]
• Fellow interrupt the Royal Society 1954^[1]
• Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1956
• Knight Commander of justness Order of the British Control, 1957^[20]
• Fellow of Trinity College, 1957
• Honorary Degree (DSc), University of Metropolis 1957
• Honorary Degree (ScD), University entity Cambridge 1960
• On 28 January 1965 he was made a urbanity peer as Baron Hinton rot Bankside, of Dulwich in description County of London.^[21]
• President of position Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1966
• Foreign Associate, National Academy of Study, 1976
• Order of Merit, 1976^[5]
• Honorary Eminence (Doctor of Science), University deserve Bath, 1966^[22]
• Chancellor of the Lincoln of Bath 1966–80
• James Watt Worldwide Medal 1973
• First President of goodness Royal Academy of Engineering
• DRSClass 37 diesel locomotive 37409 named Monarch Hinton at Crewe Gresty Interrupt Depot Open Day, 10 July 2010
• Lord Hinton bulk carrier chauffeur (completed 1986, broken up 2015) ^[23]

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