AMEC

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AMEC

The Arctic Military Environmental Co-operation (AMEC) group―which is widely regarded as the environmental conscience of CTR―was originally founded as a three country consortium created by the respective defence agencies of the United States, Russia and Norway. Its task it to address military-related environmental problems, primarily submarine dismantlement, in the fragile Arctic ecosystem of Russia’s northwest. It has developed the industry container for transport of spent nuclear submarine fuel. The UK joined AMEC in 2003.

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[ 30.06.2008 ]
In new AMEC twist, Russia offering to scrap aged British nuke subs
In a new twist for the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation (AMEC) group, Russia' biggest ship repair and scrapping yard has offered to decommission 11 laid up nuclear submarines from Great Britain, a member nation of AMEC.
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[ 26.02.2008 ]
Norway and UK to share £3.9 million burden of dismantling Russian November class sub
Norway and the United Kingdom will again combine funding and expertise to dismantle an aging Russian nuclear submarine under the aegis of the Global Threat Reduction Plan, Britain’s Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks announced in a statement Wednesday.
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[ 16.02.2007 ]
Reasons for Norway AMEC co-chair’s expulsion from Russia still unclear
Norwegian defense and foreign ministry officials and other analysts are still in the dark about why Norwegian defense advisor and Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation (AMEC) project Co-Chair Ingerd Kroken was not allowed to enter Russia last week and was declared persona non grata by Moscow.
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NEWS
[ 25.01.2006 ]
Comment concerning risk and environmental assessments conducted in past AMEC projects

By Dr. Thor Engøy (FFI), Dr. Steinar Høibråten (FFI), Dr. Monica Endregard (FFI), Dr. Barry Spargo (NAVFAC), Dr. Robert Dyer (EPA), CAPT Andrew Griffith (DOD)

In an article posted on the Bellona web site, "UK sticks to its guns in AMEC quarrel," 20 January 2006 there are statements that could be interpreted to mean that previous AMEC projects have not applied risk and environmental impact assessments or competitive procurement. This is not correct.

[ 23.01.2000 ]
Submarine spent fuel cask manufacturing delayed

Prototype 40-ton spent fuel cask enters site-testing phase; manufacturing seems to be delayed.

[ 11.06.1997 ]
Follow-up of the AMEC declaration

The Russian-American-Norwegian co-operation on military related environmental issues - AMEC - is beginning to bear fruits. Today one of the specified projects is nearing its implementation phase.

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