Russian, American and Norwegian defense officials gathered at the Izhorsky Factories last week for the presentation of a prototype transport and storage container for spent fuel from decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines. The container, which was developed by a number of Russian research institutes, was funded as part of the Arctic Military Environment Cooperation (AMEC) project, set up in 1996 by the three countries to resolve environmental threats deriving frommilitary activity in the Arctic region.