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7  Recommendations

The  objective  of  HELCOM  MORS-PRO  is  to
implement  the  Helsinki  Convention  on  matters
related  to  the  monitoring  and  assessment  of
radioactive  substances  in  the  Baltic  Sea.  This
work  is  based  on  HELCOM  Recommendation
26/3  and  will  support  the  Monitoring  and
Assessment  Group  (HELCOM  MONAS).
MORS-PRO’s  responsibilities  include  the
following  activities:
•  to  coordinate  basic  monitoring
programmes  on  radioactive  substances
in  the  Baltic  Sea  carried  out  by  the
Contracting  Parties  in  accordance  with
HELCOM  Recommendation  26/3  and
the  valid  Guidelines;
•  to  compile  annually  data  on  discharges
of  radioactivity  from  civil  nuclear
facilities  to  the  Baltic  Sea  reported  by
the  Contracting  Parties;
•  to  compile  annually  data  on  discharges
and  environmental  levels  of
radioactivity  in  the  Baltic  Sea
submitted  to  the  HELCOM  databases,
in  accordance  with  HELCOM
Recommendation  26/3;
•  to  validate  annually  all  data  in  the
HELCOM  MORS  databases  and  to
make  it  available  on  CD-ROMs  to
MORS-PRO  Members;
•  to  update  annually  HELCOM  Indicator
Fact  Sheets  on  radioactive  substances
in  the  Baltic  Sea;
•  to  keep  the  Guidelines  on  the
Monitoring  of  Radioactive  Substances
in  the  Baltic  Sea  updated;
•  to  coordinate  and  organise  intercomparison ­
  exercises  on  seawater,
sediments  and  biota  to  assure  the  high
quality  of  monitoring  data;

•  to  keep  under  observation  trends  in
the  export  of  radionuclides  from  the
Baltic  Sea  to  the  North  Sea  and
vice  versa,  especially  the  inflows  of
radioactivity  (e.g.  technetium-99  and
iodine-129)  from  Sellafield  to  the  Baltic
Sea  and  the  outflow  of  Chernobyl
radioactivity  from  the  Baltic  Sea  to  the
Skagerrak;
•  to  produce  thematic  reports,  e.g.
on  naturally  occurring  radionuclides
in  the  Baltic  Sea,  releases  of  manmade ­
  radionuclides  from  non-nuclear
activities  (e.g.  hospitals),  and  simple
procedures  for  assessing  doses  to  man
from  radioactivity  in  the  Baltic  Sea;
•  to  finalise  in  2011  the  periodic
assessment  on  radioactivity  in  the
Baltic  Sea  covering  data  up  to  2009.
This  assessment  will  include  levels,
inventories  and  trends  for  radioactivity
in  the  Baltic  Sea  and  its  radiological
impact  on  man  and  environment.