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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 inter 
comparison 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 man 
made 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.