Hazards in my place - Goicea

Goicea commune is situated in the south-western part of Romania and in the southern part of Oltenia. It is crossed by Desnățui river and it is a part of the Romanian Plain, more exactly from Băileștilor or Desnățuiului Plains. The commune is situated in the southern part of  Dolj county, at about 8 kilometers from the Danube and 60 kilometers from Craiova.                  
Natural risk areas (approved by the Law no. 575/2001 concerning the approval of the  Plan for the national territorial arrangement  – Section V- – Natural risk areas). The locality  situated in the area with a seismic intensity of VIIIth degrees, expressed in MSK degrees, with an average recovering period, is registered in the category of the localities affected by floods. We should also mention the nuclear power plant from Kozlodui situated at about  40 km from Goicea commune. The geographical position of the commune in the plain area determines its registration in the risk area for fires of vegetation and forest.  The (permanent) hydrographic network is made up of Desnăţui river, whose riverbed was rectified near the locality in the period 1963-1964, after 1972 being started the works for building the pier which is now protecting the  commune against the risk of floods. The school community, made up of two kindergartens and a  middle school can be affected by the following dangers: floods – the school being situated at a distance of about 600 meters from the left shore of Desnățui river; the common radioactive contamination being at lesser than 40 km from the nuclear power plant Kozlodui; earthquake; fires of vegetation and forest.