Uranium mining--Hygienic aspects

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Records of the Royal Commission on Uranium Mining

  • GR-3651
  • Series
  • 1969-1980

The series consists of clippings files, reports, published material, and exhibits and submissions used in the work of the Royal Commission on Uranium Mining between 1979 and 1980, although some of the records themselves date back to the 1960s. At some point following their usage, the records were transferred to the Library Services branch of the Ministry of Employment and Investment. It is unclear whether or not the Library Services branch further arranged the records or whether material was added to the records at this time. Many of the reports and exhibits mirror Royal Commission holdings in other series, but the provenance of the newspaper clippings files is unclear.

The series is arranged by type of record. Containers 930210-0002 and 0004 contain third party reports. Many of these document work done in Japan. Containers 930210-0015, 0024, and 0027 contain clippings collected from newspapers across BC, as well as several from Alaska and the United Kingdom. Many of the newspaper articles are arranged by date, although some are arranged by subject matter. Container 930210-0034 contains published materials from a variety of sources, including the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the works of the Royal Commission itself. Container 930210-0039 contains transcripts and submissions from the Royal Commission. Container 930210-0040 also contains exhibits from the Royal Commission. Records in boxes 930210-0039 and 930210-0040 are stamped with a unique four-digit “S” number. It is unclear whether this was a number assigned by the Royal Commission or whether it was added by the Library Services branch at a later date.

Accession records created while the records were still in the custody of the Library Services branch show that several boxes were destroyed after being deemed duplicates of material already held by the Archives. The records are classified under special schedule 112907 (Commission of Inquiry records), which states that “commission of inquiry records are the administrative and operational records of the office of the chair of any commission issued or inquiry held under the Inquiry Act (RSBC 1996, c. 224).

British Columbia. Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining

Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environment Protection, Uranium Mining

  • GR-0882
  • Series
  • 1978-1980

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining, 1978-1980. Records include exhibits, correspondence, questionnaires and miscellaneous research materials relating to the subject matter of the inquiry.

British Columbia. Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining

Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining

  • GR-2582
  • Series
  • 1979-1980

The Commissioners, David V. Bates, James W. Murray and Vaulter Raudsepp were appointed in 1979 to inquire into the adequacy of existing measures to provide protection in all aspects of uranium mining in British Columbia especially as to worker and public safety and protection of the environment. Early in 1980, the Government of British Columbia declared a moratorium on exploration for and mining of uranium. In the wake of this decision, the Commission was rescinded by order-in-council 442/80 on 27 February 1980.

The records in GR-2582 consist of: verbatim transcripts of public hearings held by the Commission (72 vols.), indexes to transcripts and statements of evidence; a witness list; and an index to the Commission's research library (the Uranium Information Centre). A published three volume Commissioners' Report is held by BC Archives Library, call number: NW 338.274932/B 862. Video tape recordings of hearings are available under accession numbers: V1981:16/122 and V1988:50/162. Additional records of the Commission, transferred in 1980, are held in GR-0882. Most of the commission's records were transferred to the BC Archives in 1980. The library of the Commission was transferred to B.C. Research in Vancouver where it became known as the Uranium Information Centre.

British Columbia. Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining