National Registry for Radiation Workers (NRRW)
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
295152
Contact name
Richard Haylock
Contact email
Research summary
National Registry for Radiation Workers
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/SC/0063
Date of REC Opinion
27 May 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The database will hold information about UK radiation workers. Not all the following data items are stored for all participants.
Personal identifying information; name, date of birth, gender, NHS or CHI and National Insurance number. Employment information; employer, start and end of employment periods as a radiation worker, job title or grade, and location.
Radiation dose data; annual (or more frequent) external whole body and organ specific dose estimates and bioassay data (measurements of excreted radioactive substances in urine) from which annual and lifetime whole body and organ specific dose measurements can be calculated.
Follow-up data comprising cancer incidence data (date of cancer registration, ICD code, and morphology code if available) and mortality data (date of death, ICD code and morphology code).
Historical post mortem radiation dose measurements and supporting information for a cohort of 76 BNFL radiation workers.
The feasibility to include data from annual occupational health reviews for some workers is being examined.
The data is collated from existing employer-held records and from national registries for the follow-up data.
Research programme
The database provides unique knowledge about the effects of long-term occupational exposure to ionising radiation. It provides direct evidence to reassure past and current radiation workers that their occupational radiation exposure will not adversely affect their long term health. It supports Public Health England, the expert national public health agency, in its remit to the Department for Health to provide high quality evidence, support and advice about the protection of workers and the public from exposure to ionising radiation. The database also provides evidence, via academic papers in the peer reviewed scientific press, which supports international evidenced-based assessment of radiation risks which ultimately feed into the setting of ionising radiation protection regulations in the UK.
Research database title
National Registry for Radiation Workers
Establishment organisation
Public Health England
Establishment organisation address
PHE-CCRCE
Chilton, Diccot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0RQ