ISO 27467:2008规定了分析潜在临界事故时需要研究的重要领域。 重要的是，每当临界事故被认为是可信的时，必须进行临界事故分析，原因可能是临界事故（双重配料、程序违规等）或安全规定的失效（因火灾降低中子吸收器的有效性等）。 重要的是，临界安全专家应注意，ISO 27467:2008中制定的评估过程不适用于不可预见的情况，因为任何实际发生的临界事故都可能是由于未预见的情况或未能遵守现行法规造成的。 ISO 27467:2008没有涉及公共当局负责的详细行政措施，也没有涉及用于证明核设施事故临界性分析合理性的标准。 ISO 27467:2008不适用于核电厂。

ISO 27467:2008 specifies areas that it is important to study when analyzing potential criticality accidents. It is important that a criticality accident analysis be performed each time a criticality accident is considered credible, due either to criticality contingencies (double batching, procedural violations, etc.) or to the failure of safety provisions (effectiveness of neutron absorber reduced by fire, etc.). It is important that the criticality safety specialist be mindful that the process of evaluation developed in ISO 27467:2008 does not cater to the unforeseen, since any actually occurring criticality accident will probably result from a scenario not envisioned or from failure to comply with prevailing regulations. ISO 27467:2008 does not address detailed administrative measures, for which the responsibility lies with the public authorities, nor does it deal with criteria used to justify the accident criticality analysis of a nuclear facility. ISO 27467:2008 does not apply to nuclear power plants.