WPC CPD Workshops

WPC Workshops

WPC run an annual workshop to provide opportunities for less experienced practitioners to gain experience on a wide range of technical issues. The workshops also provide an opportunity to improve communication between less experienced members of the criticality community. Workshops held have been:

2003: Defence in Depth

2004: CID Omission.

2005: ALARP

2007: Criticality Emergency Planning.

2008: Optioneering

2009: Transport Regulations

2011: Criticality Hand Methods

2012: Sharing Good Practice

2013: Non-Destructive Characterisation Techniques

2014: Training the Trainers

2015: Anomalies of Criticality Safety

2016: Novel/ Good Practices in Criticality Safety

2017: Production of Criticality Assessments

2018: Fault Assessments

2019: Highlights of ICNC 2019

2023: ALARP

Materials from the workshops can be found on the Members Area (login required)

2023 Workshop presentations:

1. Agenda & Learning Objectives

2. Opening Sponsor Comments

3. WPC Overview

4. Regulatory Perspective - Overview of ONR policy on reducing risks ALARP

5. Practicalities of making an ALARP judgement

6. Sources of Relevant Good Practice (RGP)

7. ALARP considerations across the waste lifecycle

8. ALARP considerations within Criticality Emergency Planning

9. Approach to ALARP for AGR spent fuel storage programme

10. Workshop Exercise 1

11. Workshop Exercise 2