Fita Nicolae Daniel

• University of Petroșani

Ensuring electrical safety in underground mines is a fundamental priority given to the major risks associated with this unfriendly work environment. It involves a set of technical, organisational and educational measures to reduce the hazards for workers and minimise the risks of accidents and occupational diseases due to electrical causes. The old...

A disaster-type event manifested by an earthquake at a dam and a high power hydropower plant, has a very low manifestation likelihood, but the gravity can be catastrophic with a powerful impact over the flood of the area followed by human lives loss, changing and altering the environment hence losing the facility of producing electricity. Such an e...

This book is very beneficial to all European and global decision-makers who are decision makers on stopping this military, economic, industrial, energy, food and health crisis, caused by the war between Israel and Hamas, with possible military escalation between Israel and Iran. It contains viable and pragmatic solutions for global stability that c...

Energy security and implicitly the regional energy architecture composed of critical energy infrastructures (power substations and overhead lines at 400 kV), can undergo various mutations and transformations caused by possible syncope in the extraction, transport and exploitation of energy resources and energy, due to energy dynamism. The vulnerabi...

In the context of global insecurity and against the background of the military, economic, industrial, energy, food and health crisis, caused by existing military conflicts around the world, where energy resources, electricity and territories are becoming reasons for war, energy security is becoming one of the most important themes on security analy...

The vulnerability of critical power infrastructures generates several risks and threats to them, thus endangering societal life, creating malfunctions and generating extreme damage to the state. Their protection becomes a major national and European objective, prompting representatives of the European Union member states to take action. In the face...

The present study highlights experimental methods for the study of rock dislocation within the energy mining industry in Romania. Dislocations in rocks with knives have a long history, but the share of coal mining in the worldwide energy mining industry, as well as the nature and physical-mechanical properties of coal, favored and determined the co...

A safe and secure coal industry gives a strong energy industry and economy. Just in this way Romania can become a good and strong strategic partner with powerful energy states from all over the world. Thus, energy security becomes one of the most important pillars of Romanian security. For a secure energy industry, Romania needs strategic energy re...

Regardless of its type and size, any organization is faced with risks that can affect the achievement of its objectives in terms of activities, strategic initiatives, operations, processes and projects, with different consequences on strategic, operational, financial results and image and reputation. All activities of an organization involve risks,...

The birth, development and propagation of regional and world conflict, as well as its escalation towards military war, global economic interests that converge towards the monopolization of strategic hydrocarbon energy resources, it transforms the Black Sea into a geostrategic space of geopolitical and geo-economic importance, but also with huge pot...

In the last three decades, Romania has evolved greatly through the individual and joint action of its citizens and has achieved national objectives essential for internal stability and development and strengthening its external position: integration in NATO and the European Union. The extended national security policy is built on fundamental values...

The assessment of technical incident risk, disturbance or technical damage at Lupeni Mine comes in the context in which the possibility of a power failure is very likely due to very old coal mining methods, very precarious facilities and equipment and lack of investment. The danger of electric shock is imminent and poses a clear threat to the safet...

The National Mining System is one of the most important national systems because it provides the necessary coal (anthracite, hard coal, lignite, peat, etc.) to ensure the energy security of Romania, as well as fuel for the steel and cement industry. But as any national system is not one hundred percent secure, it is subject to elements of instabili...

At present situation, the geostrategic and geopolitical positioning of Romania, regardless of its membership and role in various economic-military unions or blocs, is no longer based solely on its military power, but rather on its energy, economic, information and especially technological domination. The emergence and increasing development of ener...

A strong and secure energy industry gives the European Union a solid and secure economy. In this way, the EU can become a good and strong strategic partner with powerful energy states. Thus, energy security becomes one of the most important pillars of European security. For a secure energy industry, the EU needs strategic energy resources and highl...

The National Power Grid is the most important national energy objective of strategic importance, having in its composition a multitude of critical infrastructures (power substations and overhead power lines of 400 kV and 220 kV) of national and european importance without which the economy and national well-being do not it could work. The proper fu...

Based on the principles of prevention, the employer must seek to eliminate risk at source and, in order of priority, to replace hazards through non-dangers, to separate or isolate areas where there are hazards, ensuring adequate collective and individual protection. However, workers from high and very high voltage power substations continue to be e...

Increasing the level of security of any system involves identifying risks and establishing the means of prevention and protection intended to control them, and for this reason, the authors consider that the auditing of the level of safety and health at work is a very relevant means of ensuring a safe and healthy workplace, especially in the case of...

In the current context in which national and European energy security is jeopardized by military and food instability in the proximity of our country and amplified by possible risks, vulnerabilities and threats to the National Power System, the occurrence of an power disaster (black-out) becomes very possible. Lack of electricity in industrial area...

In the current context in which national and European energy security is jeopardized by military and food instability in the proximity of our country and amplified by possible risks, vulnerabilities and threats to the National Power System, the occurrence of an power disaster (black-out) becomes very possible. Lack of electricity in industrial area...

Mining industry is one of the most important industrial sectors for different countries, especially those that are drastically dependent on their available mining resources. Mining industry refers to the cluster of clusters of industries related to the mining related activities, that is, extraction, refining, and so on. Unlike many other large indu...

Coal is a solid carbon-rich substance that is generally brown or black and occurs in layered sedimentary strata. It is one of the most significant major fossil fuels. Coal continues to be an important source of energy that can maintain its role as a safe fuel, for many countries it is the only fuel available to meet the growing electricity demand n...

Electrical energy is the energy derived from electric potential energy or kinetic energy of the charged particles. In general, it is referred to as the energy that has been converted from electric potential energy. We can define electrical energy as the energy generated by the movement of electrons from one point to another. The movement of charged...

The need for analysis of the nuclear subsector, which generates critical nuclear infrastructure, comes in the context in which the possible occurrence of non-supply cases with uranium raw materials, nuclear fuels and nuclear electricity, could generate major issues of national interest, with European and NATO implications. The authors consider that...

The aim of the paper is to demonstrate theoretically and practically that energy in all its forms (resources, coal, oil, natural gas, uranium or electricity) can be a reason for cooperation but also for confrontation with connotations often military, generating wars that seriously damage all social environments and thus global welfare. The authors...

Energy security, which is defined by the availability at all times of energy in all its forms, in sufficient quantities and at affordable prices, without unacceptable or irreversible environmental impact, must be the central pillar of the strategic analysis of the national security of the Republic of Moldova, in the context of accession and integra...

Until recently, the European Union's energy policy was against coal for pollution reasons, but with the start of the military war between Russia and Ukraine, coal has become one of the energy resources to reconsider. The lack or depletion of oil and natural gas from Russia has made the coal resource the most important source and means to provide en...

Energy security and implicitly the regional energy architecture composed of critical energy infrastructures (power substations and overhead lines at 400 kV), can undergo various mutations and transformations caused by a possible syncope in the extraction, transport and exploitation of energy resources and energy, due to energy dynamism. The vulnera...

Securitatea energetică și, implicit, arhitectura energetică regională, compusă din infrastructuri critice energetice (stații electrice și linii electrice aeriene, la tensiunea de 400 kV), pot suferi diferite mutații și transformări, determinate de eventuale sincope în extragerea, transportul și valorificarea resurselor energetice și a energiei, din...

Energy security is included in the idea of a state's national security, along with industrial, food, sociological, environmental, and sustainable development, information, cyber, economic, defence, and national order security, among other things. The ability of a state to collect resources internally and gain or keep access to external economic res...

The National Power Grid is a critical component of the National Power System, containing critical infrastructures of national importance without which the national economy could not function, and its failure, whether complete or partial (black/brown-out), causes energy insecurity, a negative factor with devastating and catastrophic consequences for...

The aim of occupational health and safety in the context of industrial safety is to provide the national industry with a proper operation state, an ergonomic, optimal and healthy work environment, safe workers and workplaces, safety of industrial processes, to limit and mitigate any unforeseen situation generated by events which might negatively af...

National Power Grid is an important element within the National Power System, having in its composition critical infrastructures of national importance without which the national economy could not operate, and its non-operation, totally or partially (black/brown-out), generates energy insecurity, negative factor with devastating and catastrophic ef...

Energy security, alongside with industrial, food, societal, environmental and sustainable development, information, cyber, economic, defense and national order security, etc., is part of the concept of national security of a state. The level of security of a state is the ability of that state to aggregate resources internally and gain or maintain a...

In increasing occurrence for the cases of energetic collapse around worldwide, manifested by the lack of finite primary energetic resources (oil, gas, coal and uranium) or electricity to the final consumers, and even the desiring for the world’s major energy powers in owning and controlling, the entire chain of global energy in order to use primary...

In order to ensure energy, economic and societal security, the State must ensure access to electricity to all domestic, industrial and vital consumers, which are made through critical power infrastructures. This makes power substations strategic objectives of national and European interest, and the role of OHS (personnel and secure workplaces in an...

In the context of increasing the importance of power safety for national security, the security of power systems within the National Power Grid, must be an objective of major and constant interest for the national transmission and system operator. Evolutions in recent decades have shown the increase in vulnerabilities caused by: failure, destructio...

During the last decade, a major concern for Romanian Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) professionals and scholars raised in relation to risk assessment methods and techniques. As well documented in literature, the risk assessment is the basic step in the occupational health and safety risk management process. Risk assessment can be achieved at d...