The Working Party on Criticality, as a sub-group of the Safety Directors’ Forum, works to produce guidance for practitioners working in criticality safety in the UK, along with engaging international bodies on the development of standards, such as the International Organisation for Standardisation.
This page collates resources produced by the WPC and others for the benefit of criticality safety practitioners.
WPC Publications
Good Practice Guides (GPGs), Position Papers and Sub-Group Reports
WPC Webinar Series
Webinars by the WPC and invited guests on topics in criticality safety
Handbook Curves
Handbook curves can be useful tools for criticality assessors and provide an indication of the criticality of a system and its safety. Compiled handbook curve data exists in the following:
- ARH-600
- LA-10860
- CritView
- GRS-3801
- GRS-3811
- CEA ‘Maubert’ Handbooks1 (available on request from CEA)
While historic handbook curves can provide an indication of the safety of a fissile system, they should not be relied upon for the demonstration of safety.
1 These handbooks are not in English.
Learning from Experience Database
The WPC encourages licensees, operators and practitioners to share criticality-related accidents with the wider industry. With this in mind, the WPC have collaborated with the US-DOE to provide an open-source and anonymous database to facilitate knowledge sharing across industry and the criticality safety field.
Educational Resources
List of collated educational resources for criticality safety
Standards and Regulations
List of relevant organisations and regulators and their good practice and standards.