Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow
Chatham House

Malcolm Grimston was educated at Scarborough College and Magdalene, Cambridge, graduating in 1979 having read natural sciences and specialized in psychology. He worked as a chemistry teacher before joining the UK Atomic Energy Authority in 1987. In 1995 he joined Imperial College as a Senior Research Fellow and in 1999 became a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, where he is now an Associate Fellow. He is a regular media contributor on energy and nuclear matters. Among his publications are two books co-written with the late Peter Beck: Double or Quits ­ the global future of civil nuclear energy and Civil nuclear energy ­ fuel of the future or relic of the past? His latest paper, Electricity ­ social service or market commodity, was published in July 2010; he is currently part of a consortium carrying out a government-funded project on sustainable nuclear energy. He is an elected member of Wandsworth Council in London and until 2009 had executive responsibility for environment and leisure.