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HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 10/3

(Supersedes the present HELCOM Recommendation 8/1)

Adopted 14 February 1989 having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b) of the Helsinki Convention 

MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

THE COMMISSION,

 

RECALLING Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974 (Helsinki Convention), in which the Contracting Parties undertake to take all appropriate measures to control and minimize land-based pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area, and Paragraph 2 of Article 6, in which the Contracting Parties undertake to take all appropriate measures to control and strictly limit pollution by noxious substances and materials in accordance with Annex II of the Convention,

 

RECALLING ALSO Paragraph 3 of Article 16 of the Helsinki Convention, in which the Contracting Parties undertake directly, or when appropriate, through competent regional or other international organizations and other basis of the information and data acquired pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 16, to cooperate in developing intercomparable observation methods, in performing baseline studies and in establishing complementary or joint programmes for monitoring,

 

NOTING the concern for the effects of radioactive substances on the environment, due to accidental or other releases,

 

NOTING FURTHER the decision by the Commission that the monitoring of radioactive substances be started in 1985 as a continuation of the previous work coordinated by IAEA,

 

DESIRING to protect the Baltic Sea against harmful effects to be possibly caused by radioactive substances,

 

BEING MINDFUL of the need of reliable data on the radionuclides in the different compartments of the environment,

 

RECOMMENDS to the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention that:

 

a)         each Baltic Sea State should have environmental stations on the sea or on the coast, and the Commission will be informed about the positions of the stations;

 

b)         the list contained in the Attachment to this Recommendation should be used as the basis for the environmental monitoring programme in all Baltic Sea States, bearing in mind that the list consists of minimum requirements, and that the voluntary measurements are also highly recommended as essential complementary information;

 

c)         guidelines for the monitoring programme prepared by experts and adopted by the Commission (Attachment to this Recommendation) should be followed as detailed as possible including the guidelines for reporting of data;

 

d)         the release data should be reported to the Commission according to the guidelines,

 

RECOMMENDS ALSO that the Baltic Sea States would report their data to the Commission once every year by 1 June.

 

ATTACHMENT

 

GUIDELINES FOR MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

 

1.         Environmental monitoring

 

1.1       with reference to sub-paragraph a) routine stations

1.2       with reference to sub-paragraph a) maps

1.3       with reference to sub-paragraph b) radionuclides to be monitored

1.4       with reference to sub-paragraph c) forms to be used for reporting environmental data

 

2.         Release data

 

2.1       with reference to sub-paragraph d) release data to be reported

2.2       with reference to sub-paragraph d) form to be used for reporting release data

 

1.         Environmental monitoring

 

1.1       Routine station network for regular monitoring programme is recommended as indicated in the following list and the maps.

 

Additional stations are recommended to be sampled and data to be reported accordingly.

 

A.         WATER SAMPLES

*) st. = station(s) - location indicated in the maps attached (1.2))

 

1.         Belt Sea and Baltic Proper

 

DK= 4 st. *)

FI= 3 st.

DD= 10 to 20 st. (1 coastal st.)

DE= 5 to 20 st.

PL= 6 st. 3 (open sea st.) + 3 (coastal st.)

SU= 5 st.

 

The regions covered are:

Denmark = Belt Sea

Finland = North, Central, South

German Democratic Republic = Central, South-west

Federal Republic of Germany = South-west

Poland = South

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics = East

 

2.         Great Belt and Sound

 

DK = 9 st.

DE = 2 st.

 

3.         Kattegat and Skagerrak

 

DK = 5 st. (occasionally)

DE = about 8 st.

SE = 1 st.

 

4.         Gulf of Finland

 

FI = 3 st. (1 open sea, 2 coastal st.)

DD = 2 st.

SU = 6 st.

 

5.         Gulf of Bothnia

 

FI = 3 st. (2 open sea, 1 coastal st.)

SE = 1 st. (open/coastal)

B.         SEDIMENT SAMPLES / SINKING MATTER

 

1.         Baltic Proper

 

FI = 2 st.

DD = 3 st. (coastal st.)

PL = 6 st. (3 open sea, 3 coastal st.)

SE = 1 open (1 coastal st.)

SU = 2 st. (open sea)

 

2.         Belt Sea and Kattegat

 

DK = 3 st.

DE = 5 st. (maximum)

SE = 2 coastal st.

 

3.         Gulf of Finland

 

FI = 2 open sea st., 2 coastal st. (sinking matter)

SU = 2 open sea st.

 

4.         Gulf of Bothnia

 

FI = 2 open sea st., 1 coastal st. (sinking matter)

SE = 1 coastal st.

 

C.        FISH SAMPLES

( **) [ ] = information uncertain)

 

1.         Baltic Proper

 

DD = commercial catches (1 open, 1 coastal)

DE = commercial catches (open sea areas) **)

PL = commercial catches (Gulf of Gdansk, open sea areas)

SE = 3 st. (1 open sea st., 2 coastal st.)

SU = 3 st. (coastal)

 

2.         Belt Sea and Kattegat

 

DK = commercial catches

SE = 1 st. (open)

 

3.         Gulf of Finland

 

FI = 2 st.

SU = 3 st. (coastal)

 

4.         Gulf of Bothnia

 

FI = 3 st.

SE = 2 st. (coastal)

D.        AQUATIC PLANTS (coastal stations)

1.         Baltic Proper

 

DD = 2 st.

SE = 1 st. (open/coastal)

SU = 4 st.

 

2.         Belt Sea and Kattegat

 

DK = about 6 st.

SE = 3 st.

 

3.         Gulf of Gdansk

 

PL = 3 st.

 

4.         Gulf of Finland

 

FI = 1 st.

SU = 3 st.

 

5.         Gulf of Bothnia

 

FI = 1 st.

SE = 1 st.

E.         BENTHIC ANIMALS

 

1.         Baltic Proper

 

DD = 4 st.

PL = 2 st.

SE = 1 st.

 

2.         Belt Sea and Kattegat

 

DK = 2 st.

SE = 3 st.

 

3.         Gulf of Finland

 

FI = 1 st.

 

4.         Gulf of Bothnia

 

FI = 1 st.

SE = 1 st.

 

1.2       Maps indicating location of the sampling areas:

 

Map 1.             The sampling stations of Finland, German Democratic Republic, Sweden and USSR for sea water and the sites of the nuclear power stations.

 

Map 2.             The sampling stations of Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany and Poland for sea water.

 

Map 3.             The sampling stations for sediment/sinking matter.

 

Map 4.             The sampling stations for aquatic plants and benthic animals.

 

Map 5.             The sampling areas for fish.

 

Abbreviations used for the names of the Contracting Parties:

 

DK = Denmark

FI = Finland

DD = German Democratic Republic

DE = Federal Republic of Germany

PL = Polish People's Republic

SE = Sweden

SU = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

 

Maps 1. - 5.

 

1.3     Radionuclides to be monitored

 

Sample                                             Obligatory                                   Voluntary                                Desirable remarks

 

A.      Water                                                Radiocesium *)                              H-3; Tc-99                                salinity, temperature,

(results in Bq m-3)                               Sr-90 *)                                         Pu-239,240; Am-241;                 sample depth,

γ -emitters                                total depth

 

B.      Sediment                                           γ -emitters ***)                               Sr-90; Pu-239,240;                    type of sediment

(results in                                                                                              Am-241;                                   (mud, sand etc.),

Bq kg-1dry wt. and Bq m-2)                                                                       natural radionuclides                  grain size distribution,

(e.g. Po-210)                             water content, carbon content,

oxic / anoxic, density,

mass depth (kg m-2),

sample treatment and storage,

sedimentation rate

 

C.      Fish                                                   γ -emitters ***)                               Sr-90;                                       species, total fish or

(result in Bq kg-1 wet wt.)                                                                         natural radionuclides                  organ (fraction),

(e.g. Po-210)                             size, age, sex

 

D.      Aquatic plants                                    γ -emitters ***)                               Sr-90; Tc-99;                             species

(results in Bq kg-1 dry wt.)                                                                       Pu-239,240; Am-241;

natural radionculides

 

E.      Benthic animals                                  γ -emitters ***)                               Sr-90; Tc-99;                             species,

(results in Bq kg-1 dry wt.)                                                                       natural radionuclides                  fraction

(e.g. Po-210);

Pu-239,240; Am-241

 

F.       Sinking matter                                    cf. sediment                                  cf. sediment                              dry weight (%),

(results in Bq kg-1 dry wt.)                                                                                                                       ignition loss (%)

 

 

*)       Cs-137 and Cs-134, if possible

**)      regularly, on a carefully selected number of samples

***)     K-40, Cs-137 and other γ-emitters identified in the γ -spectrum


1.4    Forms to be used for reporting environmental data (4)

 

-        for sea water

-        for bottom sediment

-        for biota

-        for sinking matter


HELCOM/MORS REPORTING FORMAT FOR SEA WATER

 

1.         Form identifier code                                                                                                 I  W  I

 

2.         Country                                                                                                                I___I___I

 

3.         Laboratory                                                                                              I___I___I___I___I

 

4.         Sequence number                                                                          I___I___I___I___I___I

 

5.         Sampling date                                                                          I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

6          Sampling station                                                                      I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lat.                                                                               I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lon.                                                                              I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

7.         Total depth (m)                                                                                             I___I___I___I

 

8.         Sample depth (m)                                                                                        I___I___I___I

 

9.         Water salinity (‰)                                                                                  I___I___I___I___I

 

10.       Water temperature (oC)                                                                               I___I___I___I

 

11.       Filtrated/not filtrated sample                                                                                  I_____I

 


Activity concentrations                                            Bq m-3

 

Radionuclide                               Method                 Value                   Exp. term             Error %

 

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HELCOM/MORS REPORTING FORMAT FOR BOTTOM SEDIMENT

1.         Form identifier code                                                                                                  I  S  I

 

2.         Country                                                                                                                I___I___I

 

3.         Laboratory                                                                                              I___I___I___I___I

 

4.         Sequence number                                                                          I___I___I___I___I___I

 

5.         Sampling date                                                                          I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

6          Sampling station                                                                      I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lat.                                                                               I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lon.                                                                              I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

7.         Sampling device/method                                                                                    I___I___I

 

8.         Total depth (m)                                                                                             I___I___I___I

 

9.         Core slice depth from surface

 

upper (cm)                                                                                              I___I___I

 

lower (cm)                                                                                               I___I___I

 

10.       Sampled area (m2)                                                                                I___I___I___I___I

 

11.       Type of sediment                                                                                                I___I___I

 

12.       Oxic/anoxic                                                                                                            I_____I

 

13.       Dry weight (%)                                                                                                    I___I___I

 

14.       Ignition loss (%)                                                                                                   I___I___I

 

Activity concentrations

 

Bq kg-1 dry wt.                                  Bq m-2

 

Anal.                                                 Error

Radionuclide                          method     Value            Exp. term      %         Value              Exp. term

 

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HELCOM/MORS REPORTING FORMAT FOR BIOTA

 

1.         Form identifier code                                                                                                  I  B  I

 

2.         Country                                                                                                                I___I___I

 

3.         Laboratory                                                                                              I___I___I___I___I

 

4.         Sequence number                                                                          I___I___I___I___I___I

 

5.         Sampling date                                                                          I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

6          Sampling area/station                                                              I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lat.                                                                               I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lon.                                                                              I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

7.         Sample depth (m)                                                                                        I___I___I___I

 

8.         Species code (Rubin)                                                 I___I___I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

9.         Tissue code                                                                                                        I___I___I

 

10.       Number of specimen in the sample                                                             I___I___I___I

 

11.       Average size of specimen

 

Length (cm)                                                                                      I___I___I___I

 

Weight (g)                                                                                  I___I___I___I___I

 

12.       Dry weight (%)                                                                                                    I___I___I

 

13.       Ignition loss (%)                                                                                                   I___I___I


 

Activity concentrations

(given for fish in Bq kg-1 wet wt., for aquatic plants and benthic animals in Bq kg-1 dry wt.)

 

Radionuclide                               Method        Value                  Exp. term            Basis   Error %

 

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HELCOM/MORS REPORTING FORMAT FOR SINKING MATTER

 

1.         Form identifier code                                                                                                  I  M  I

 

2.         Country                                                                                                                I___I___I

 

3.         Laboratory                                                                                              I___I___I___I___I

 

4.         Sequence number                                                                          I___I___I___I___I___I

 

5.         Sampling period

 

from                                                                              I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

to                                                                                  I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

6          Sampling station                                                                      I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lat.                                                                               I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

Lon.                                                                              I___I___I___I___I___I___I

 

7.         Sampling device/method                                                                                    I___I___I

 

8.         Total depth (m)                                                                                             I___I___I___I

 

9.         Sample depth (m)                                                                                        I___I___I___I

 

10.       Dry weight (%)                                                                                                    I___I___I

 

13.       Ignition loss (%)                                                                                                   I___I___I

 

Activity concentrations                                            Bq kg-1 dry weight

 

Anal.

Radionuclide                               Method                 Value                   Exp. term             Error %

 

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Guidelines for filling the HELCOM/MORS Reporting formats

 

The forms for sea water, bottom sediment, biota and sinking matter should be filled in according to the following description.

 

Item                                             Code Description

 

Form identifier code                   W           =sea water

S            = bottom sediment

B            = biota

M            = sinking matter

 

Country                                       Denmark = 26

Federal Republic of Germany = 06

Finland = 34

German Democratic Republic = 96

Polish Peoples Republic = 67

Sweden = 77

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics = 90

 

Laboratory                                  Insert a four-letter mnemonic code for your laboratory:

RISO     Risø National Laboratory (DK)

DHIG      Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut (DE)

STUK     Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (FI)

SAAS     Staatliches Amt für Atomsicherheit und Strahlenschutz (DD)

CLOR    Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection (PL)

NCRS    National Swedish Environmental Protection Board, Coastal Research Laboratory (SE)

 

Sequence number                      Insert the number of your W, S, B and M format being filled

I 8 I 8 I 0 I 0 I1 l for the first form in 1988 (the two first digits are for the year).

 

Sampling date                            Indicate the year (last two digits only), month and date of the sampling, e.g. I 8 I 8 I 1 I 2 I 3 I 1 I

 

Sampling station                         Insert first the code of the sampling station (without spaces), e.g.

I B I Y I 1 I 5 I    I    I or

 

I L I O I V I 2 I    I    I or

 

I T I E I I I L I I I 1 I

 

and then the coordinates as follows:

60o 15, 5' = I 6 I 0 I 1 I 5 I 5 I 0 I

 

Note that decimal fractions of minutes are recorded and not seconds.  N (north) and E (east) are not needed in the Baltic Sea.

 

Total depth and                           Insert the depth in metres, e.g.

sample depth (m)                       0.1 m     = I 0 I 0 I 0 I

(W7-8, S8, B8, M8-9)                 1.20 m   = I 0 I 0 I 1 I

240 m    = I 2 I 4 I 0 I

 

Water salinity (‰)                       6.85 ‰   = I 0 I 6 I 8 I 5 I

(W9)

 

Water temperature (oC)             5.1 oC    = I 0 I 5 I 1 I

(Wl0)

 

Filtrated/not filtrated                    Insert F if filtrated or N if not filtrated

sample

(W11)

 

Sampling device/method            Make a list of the methods used in your laboratory and

(S7, M7)                                      insert your own numeric code into the form according to the list. Keep up a corresponding catalog on the descriptions of methods - Example: I 0 I 1 I Sediment sampling with the Niemistö corer used by STUK since 1977. Reference: Niemistö, L., A gravity corer for studies of soft sediments. Merentutkimuslait. Julk./Havsforskningsinst. Skr. 238, 33-38, Helsinki, 1974.

I 0 I 2 I Sediment sampling with box corer used by STUK...

The HELCOM data bank should have an up-to-date catalog on all the methods used in your laboratory.

 

Core slice depth                         Insert the upper and lower limit of the slice depth

from surface                               in centimetres, e.g.

(S9)                                             0-2 cm= upper l 0 I 0 I

lower I 0 I 2 I

2-4 cm =              upper I 0 I 2 I

lower I 0 I 4 I

 

Sampled area (m2)                     Indicate, which area of bottom surface the sample

(S10)                                           represents,  e. g. 5 subsamples with the Niemistö corer

(Ø5 cm) = 5 x 19.6 cm2 = 98.2 cm2 = I 0 I 0 I 1 I 0 I m2

 

Type of sediment                        Main codes:

(S11)                                           0 = gravel

1 = sand

2 = fine sand

3 = silt

4 = clay

5 = mud ("gyttja")

 

The numbers 0-5 have the same meaning both as first and second digit, but the first is always the dominating component in the sample, e.g.

 

I 3 I 0 I    = silt and gravel,

I 3 I 4 I    = silt and clay.

 

Pure gravel          = I 0 I 0 I

pure sand            = I 1 I 1 I

pure f. sand         = I 2 I 2 I

pure silt  = I 3 I 3 I

pure clay              = I 4 I 4 I

pure mud             = I 5 I 5 I

 

Additional codes:

6 = glacial clay characteristic for the Baltic Sea.

Number 7 as second digit means "soft". e.g.

I 4 I 7 I = soft clay

Number 8 as second digit means "sulphi­dic", e.g.

I 4 I 8 I = sulphidic clay

Number 9 as second digit means, that the sample consist ferromanganese concre­tions.

 

Mass depth (kg m-2)                   Deleted during editorial work after STC 15.

(S11)

 

Oxic/anoxic                                 Insert O if the surface layer of the sediment is oxic

(S12)                                           or A if anoxic.

 

Dry weight (%)                            Dry weight in percents from fresh weight

(S13, B12, M10)

 

Ignition loss (%)                          Ignition loss in percents from dry weight

(S14, B13, M11)

 

Species code (Rubin)                The RUBIN 8-letter codes are strongly preferred. Codes for

(B8)                                             some common species are as follows:

 

FUCU VES          = Fucus vesiculosus

CLAD GLO          = Cladophora glomerate

MACO BAL          = Macoma baltica

MYTI EDU            = Mytilus edulis

SADU ENT          = Saduria entomon (syn. Mesidotea e.)

CLUP HAR          = Clupea harengus

GADU MOR         = Gadus morhua

 

Tissue code                                Insert a code for the tissue or fraction analysed

(B9)                                             as follows:

 

FISH AND MAMMALS

01 fish as whole

02 as whole, without entrails

03 as whole, without head and entrails

04 flesh with bones

05 flesh without bones (fillets)

06 head

07 fins

08 skin/epidermis

09 scales

10 bones

11 gills

12 entrails

13 stomach

14 intestine

15 stomach + intestine

16 heart

17 blood

18 liver

19 kidney

20 ovary

21 testes

 

INVERTEBRATES

41 whole animals

42 shells

43 soft parts

 

PLANTS

51 whole haptophytic plants

52 loose - lying plants

53 growing tips

54 upper parts of plants

55 lower parts of plants

 

Radionuclide                               First the symbol of element and then the mass number (without spaces), e.g.

I K40          I

 

I SR90        I

 

I CS137       I

 

I AG110M    I

 

I PU239240  I

 

I CM243244 I

 

Anal. method                              Insert your own code for analyse method, cf. sampling device/method

 

Value + exp. term                       Insert the result in exponential form, first the mantissa and then the signed exponential term as follows:

 

22 000   = I 2 I 2 I    I    I   I + I 0 I 4 I

1.54       = I 1 I 5 I 4 I    I   I + I 0 I 0 I

0.003     = I 3 I    I    I    I   I  -  I 0 I 3 I

0.076     = I 7 I 6 I    I    I   I  -  I 0 I 2 I

 

(The results of sediment analyses are recommended to give both in Bq kg-1 dry wt. and in Bq  m-2 )

 

Error                                           Insert the analytical error in percents (1 sigma).

 

Basis                                          Insert a one-letter code for the basis on which

(B)                                               the value is being reported, as follows:

W = wet weight (fresh weight)

D = dry weight

A = ash weight (not recommended)

 

2.         Release data

2.1       Release data to be reported:

 

1)         Discharges into the aquatic environment from the nuclear power plants

- on obligatory basis

2)         Discharges into air from the nuclear power plants and other releases, if significant

- on voluntary basis

3)         Only nuclides with a longer half-life than one week should be reported

4)         Other necessary monitoring is encouraged to be carried out e.g. related to airborne pollution, river discharges etc.


2.2       Form to be used in reporting release data

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REPORTING FORMAT

 

Radioactive Discharges to the Baltic Sea from Land Based Sources

 

1.         FACILITY

 

1.1       NAME

 

1.2       COUNTRY

1.3       TYPE OF FACILITY (e.g. reactor, fuel cycle operations, laboratory, mine etc.) 

1.4       LOCATION - REGION

1.5       YEAR OPERATION COMMENCED

 

2.         RIVER (in case of inland based sources)

 

2.1       NEAREST RIVER OR ROUTE FOR EFFLUENT TO REACH BALTIC SEA

2.2       AVERAGE ANNUAL RIVER FLOW (m3s-1)

 

MINIMUM

 

MAXIMUM

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3.                                                                                                         RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGE                                                            YEAR

3.1       TOTAL ANNUAL DISCHARGE OF RADIONUCLIDES IN LIQUID EFFLUENTS FROM SITE (half-life longer than one week):

Nuclide Bq Nuclide Bq
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       


 

3.2       AIRBORNE DISCHARGES FROM SITE (on voluntary basis):

Nuclide Bq Nuclide Bq
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

3.3       ESTIMATE OF FRACTION OF ABOVE MENTIONED RADIONUCLIDES REACHING THE BALTIC SEA

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4.         ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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