Special Issue
Gas Hydrate - New Natural Gas Resources for the Coming Generation -

• Geological and Geochemical Survey of Gas Hydrate Deposits - Present status and future problems of R/D program -
• Gas-Hydrate Investigation in Northern Canada
• Researches on Gas Hydrates at the National Institute for Resources and Environment

• Formation mechanism of methane hydrate on a molecular scale
• Relation of the mechanism for formation and disintegration of gas hydrates with the cluster structure in liquid phase
• Dynamic Process and Control of Gas Hydrate Formation/Dissociation under nonequilibrium conditions
• Drilling Concepts and Drilling Rigs for Gas Hydrate Development

• Numerical model analysis for a real-time variation of physical fields in Tokyo Bay

Special Issue
Computer Aided Studies of Resources and Material Developments in NIRE

• Computer Simulation and Analysis of the Multistage Solvent Extraction Processes for Metal Ions
• Distinct Element Method - Virtual Experimentation of Solids Mixing
• Simulation of Material Processing under Extreme Conditions - Analysis of Plasma Flow Field -
• Numerical analysis of plasma momentum and heat transfer to entrained particle-A review
• Material Diagnosis - Simulation of fraw detection by ultrasonic wave -
• Estimation of resource cycling system

Special Issue
Technological Approach for Dioxin Problem

• Environmental Policies on Dioxins(PCDD/FS), Focusing on the Emission
  - Reduction Measures in the Manufacturing Industries Sector -

• Present Situation and Trends of Dioxin Problems
• Current State of Research and Development in Dioxins Problem
• Mechanisms for the formation of polychlorinated-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in combustion
• Dioxin formation in incineration of chlorinated organic compounds
• Properties of polychlorinated naphthalenes concerning polychlorinated dioxins

• Present Situation and the Issues of Incineration and Dioxins in Municipalities

• Dioxin Control at Municipal Waste Incinerator

• Permeability of underground rock mass influenced by mining
• Syntheses of Carbonate and Carbamate Esters from Carbon Dioxide, Alcohols, and tert-Amines Mediated by Acetylene
• A Numerical Analysis of the Diffusion of Volcanic Gases
• Ecological processes for Environmental Impact Assessment in Coastal Waters

• Studies on Lifting of Manganese Nodules by Air-Lift Pump

• Fundamental study of design parameters for a manganese nodule collector

• Environmental study for manganese nodule development

• The Research and Development of Air-Lift Pumping System for Manganese Nodule Mining
• Development of submerged pump lift equipment for manganese nodule mining system
• Structural Design of A Lifting Pipe on Manganese Nodule Mining System
• Development of a Manganese Nodule Collector
• Research and Development of Total System for a Manganese-Nodule Mining System