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The management of crisis situations and the efficiency of interventions in case of accidental and chemical explosions is a topical topic in the context of ensuring the security of the company. At international level these subjects are subject to the provisions of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Infrasound monitoring meets one of the most important needs of modern society-reducing the risk associated with the production of natural and artificial events, dangerous for the environment and population.

In this context, Romania, as a member country of the Organization of the Treaty of Intezicere of Total Experience in Nuclear (CTBTO), through the National Institute of Research-Development for Earth Physics (NIEP) to install, operate, and maintain single network of stations for the monitoring of infrasound from Romania, and supplies the data to the Center for International Data. Acoustic measurements detect various events such as: explosions, explosions of Mines and quarries, earthquakes, aircraft. The collected data is permanently recorded and transmitted to the National Data Center (CND) in Magurele.

INCDFP has been designated by the Romanian authorities in the field as the National Data Center of Romania (ROM_NDC)and implements and complies with the provisions of the CTBT.

Infrasound monitoring network includes Iplor station, located in Plostina, Vrancea County and BURARI station, installed in Benea, Suceava County, in collaboration with Air Force Technical Application Center (AFTAC), USA.

In a collaboration project between INCDFP and the Organization of the Total Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, between September 2016 and October 2018, a third temporary station was installed in the western part of Romania, in Marisel (Cluj County), I67ro.

In order to disseminate the research in the field of monitoring infrasuntelor, the researchers of the institute have participated in the 10-14th of August 2019, in Aqaba, Jordan, in "Infrasound Technology Workshoop 2019", where they presented the paper "Infrasound monitoring in Romania". The workshop, organised by CTBTO in collaboration with the Jordanian government, focused on recent advances in research and operational capabilities of global and regional infrasound monitoring networks.

Topics such as measurement and calibration systems, infrasonic data processing and monitoring station performance, analysis of infrasound sources and scientific applications of infrasound monitoring were discussed. Also, the projects implemented by the provisional Technical Secretariat of the Treaty Organization in collaboration with the National Data Centers of the member countries in the field of infrasound monitoring were evaluated.

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National Institute for Earth Physics

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