No items
Catalogue description National Coal Board: Directorate of Scientific Control: Registered Files and Reports
| Reference: | COAL 85 |
|---|---|
| Title: | National Coal Board: Directorate of Scientific Control: Registered Files and Reports |
| Description: |
This series contains correspondence, reports and other papers from the Directorate of Scientific Control on the whole range of National Coal Board scientific work. |
| Date: | 1946-1990 |
| Arrangement: |
This series has been organised in former file reference order, where they exist, and in chronological order, by accession. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
National Coal Board, Directorate of Scientific Control, 1946-1987 |
| Physical description: | 249 files, photographs and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1998 British Coal Corporation |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Scientific Directorate was set up soon after nationalisation. Its chief roles were to check the quality of coal and ensure that statutory health and safety regulations were complied with in all collieries. It was also provided with funding to undertake research and development work in the field when appropriate, rather than such work being passed to central research establishments, and investigated matters such as the outbreak of underground fires and high noise levels in mines. It operated from over 100 laboratories in all coalfields throughout the country. It became a regionalised service in the 1980s, with a small headquarters staff, and was merged into the Technical Department in 1987. |
Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Let us know
The National Archives
