Radioactive contamination

Date released

6 November 2019

Request number

201910034

Release of information under

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Information requested

I like to request the following information from the ONR.

1. Risk assessment report or plan for British athletes and spectators who take part in the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics in respect of concerns about exposure to radioactive contamination.
   
2. Radiation levels (measured in microsieverts per hour) in 2019 Rugby World Cup venues
   
3. Radiation levels (measured in microsieverts per hour) in 2020 Summer Olympics venues
   
4. Levels (measured in Becquerel per ㎡) of radioactive pollutant or radionuclide: iodine 131, cesium 134, cesium 137, strontium 90, plutonium 238 and tritium in 2019 Rugby World Cup venues
5. Levels (measured in Becquerel per ㎡) of radioactive pollutant or radionuclide: iodine 131, cesium 134, cesium 137, strontium 90, plutonium 238 and tritium in 2020 Summer Olympics venues

Information released

I can confirm we do not hold the information in each of the five parts of your request. ONR independently regulates nuclear safety and conventional health and safety at licensed nuclear sites in the UK. These include the existing fleet of operating reactors, fuel cycle facilities, waste management and decommissioning sites and licensed defence sites. ONR also regulates conventional health and safety, including radiation safety, on Crown ‘authorised defence sites’ where the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR) oversees nuclear safety.

We regulate the design and construction of new nuclear facilities, nuclear security at civil nuclear sites and the transport of nuclear and radioactive materials. We work with the international inspectorates to ensure that safeguards obligations for the UK are met and to ensure we continue to be a positive influence on the international safeguards regime.

We therefore do not hold the information you have requested as they do not relate to our regulatory remit and work. For more information about our work as an independent nuclear regulator, please visit our website

We suggest that you contact the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport who is the government department with responsibility for culture and sport in England, regarding Part One of your request in relation to British athletes. They can be contacted at the email address: enquiries@culture.gov.uk.

With regards to Part One of your request in relation to British spectators, we suggest that you contact the Foreign and Commonwealth Office . They can be contacted at the email address: fcocorrespondence@fco.gov.uk.

With regards to Parts Two to Five of your request, we suggest that you contact the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Japan. They can be contacted via the Inquiry Form (https://www.nsr.go.jp/cgi-bin/en_contact/) on their website.

Exemptions applied

N/A

PIT (Public Interest Test) if applicable

N/A

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