U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/07/98 - 07/08/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34478 34484 34485 34486 34487 34488 34489 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34478 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/06/98 | | CITY: ELIZABETH REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:26 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 07/06/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: : [EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/07/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN KINNEMAN RDO | | |SCOTT MOORE/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN MALISZEWSKI |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ABANDONED SOURCE IDENTIFIED DURING PROPERTY RENOVATION. | | | | AN INDIVIDUAL WITH OENJ (ORION ELIZABETH NEW JERSEY) IDENTIFIED AN | | ABANDONED MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE DURING RENOVATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT | | 1000 KAPKOWSKI, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY. PRELIMINARY RADIATION READINGS ARE | | APPROXIMATELY 3 mR/HR AT A DISTANCE OF 1 FT. CAUTION TAPE EXTENDING | | APPROXIMATELY 10 FT IN RADIUS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT INADVERTENT | | PERSONNEL EXPOSURE. THE INDIVIDUAL BELIEVES THAT THE GAUGE MAY HAVE BEEN | | OWNED BY A NOW DEFUNCT COMPANY (WALSH) THAT DID WORK AT THIS LOCATION ABOUT | | A YEAR AGO. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | (REPORT #98-07-06-1059-40). (SEE THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT INFORMATION.) | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1125 ON 07/07/98 FROM ERIC REBER (REGION I) TO STRANSKY * * | | | | THE GAUGE MENTIONED IN THE INITIAL REPORT IS NOT A MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | BUT IS INSTEAD A FIXED GAUGE MOUNTED TO A PIECE OF PIPE. IT CONTAINS A | | 1-Ci GENERALLY LICENSED Cs-137 SOURCE. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED THE NMSS EO (COOL). OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES [FEMA, DOE, | | USDA, HHS, EPA, AND DOT (VIA NRC)] WERE NOTIFIED VIA FACSIMILE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34484 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/07/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/06/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:20[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG JANAK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/07/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROL ROOM MAKEUP AND CLEANUP FILTRATION SYSTEM TRAIN 'B' INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF CONTROL ROOM MAKEUP AND CLEANUP | | FILTRATION (CRMCF) SYSTEM TESTING PACKAGES AS A RESULT OF DISCOVERY OF AN | | OUT-OF-CALIBRATION CONDITION OF TEST EQUIPMENT. THE REVIEW DETERMINED THAT | | THE 04/16/98 SURVEILLANCE, IN-PLACE PENETRATION AND BYPASS LEAKAGE TESTING | | PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCE (TS) 4.7.7.c(1), PERFORMED ON | | CRMCF TRAIN 'B' WAS NOT WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. THE CALIBRATION TESTING | | DONE ON THE DETECTOR AFTER THE SURVEILLANCE OF 04/16/98 INDICATED A 44% | | DEVIATION. THE LICENSEE CONDUCTED A RETEST ON 06/06/98 WHICH INDICATED AN | | OUT-OF-TOLERANCE CONDITION OF THE CHARCOAL BED. THE BED WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE FROM 04/16/98, A VIOLATION OF TS 3.7.7.a. | | | | THE CHARCOAL BED HAS BEEN REPLACED, AND SURVEILLANCE TESTING WILL BE | | PERFORMED TO VERIFY SYSTEM OPERABILITY. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34485 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUMMER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/07/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/07/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHEAL ZACCONE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/07/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROBERT HAAG RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY THAT A FUEL MECHANICAL DESIGN CRITERION WILL BE VIOLATED | | | | WESTINGHOUSE PERFORMED A SITE SPECIFIC ANALYSIS WHICH SHOWED THAT A FUEL | | MECHANICAL DESIGN CRITERION (THE PELLET-TO-CLADDING GAP RE-OPENING) WILL BE | | VIOLATED. THIS ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT AT A CYCLE-11 BURNUP OF 10,670 | | MEGAWATT DAYS PER METRIC TON OF URANIUM (MWD/MTU), THE GAP BETWEEN THE FUEL | | PELLET AND THE CLADDING WILL RE-OPEN DUE TO A CONSERVATIVELY CALCULATED | | FUEL ROD INTERNAL PRESSURE. THIS BURNUP IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON | | APPROXIMATELY 07/16/98. THE LICENSEE ANTICIPATES THAT THIS CRITERION WILL | | BE VIOLATED AT THAT TIME. | | | | THIS ISSUE IS REPORTABLE UNDER 10 CFR 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) AS ANY EVENT OR | | CONDITION DURING OPERATION THAT RESULTS IN THE UNIT BEING IN A CONDITION | | THAT IS OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT. THE BASIS FOR THIS | | CONCLUSION IS IN FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT, SECTION 4.2.1.1.1, WHICH | | STATES THAT THE INTERNAL PRESSURE OF THE LEAD ROD IN THE REACTOR WILL BE | | LIMITED TO A VALUE BELOW THAT WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE DIAMETRAL GAP TO | | INCREASE DUE TO OUTWARD CLADDING CREEP DURING STEADY STATE OPERATION. | | THEREFORE, THERE WOULD NOT BE A PELLET-TO-CLADDING GAP RE-OPENING. THE | | 10-CFR-50.46 CRITERION OF 17% LOCALIZED OXIDATION FOLLOWING A LOSS OF | | COOLANT ACCIDENT CONTINUES TO BE MET AND IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE. IN | | ADDITION, THERE WERE NO SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS OR FUEL FAILURES ASSOCIATED | | WITH THIS ISSUE. | | | | WESTINGHOUSE HAS PERFORMED A BOUNDING SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND HAS CONCLUDED | | THAT THE CYCLE-11 RELOAD SAFETY EVALUATION AND CORE OPERATING LIMITS REPORT | | REMAIN VALID AND THAT OPERATION OF THE CYCLE CAN CONTINUE WITHOUT | | MODIFICATION OR RESTRICTION TO A CYCLE BURNUP OF 21,480 MWD/MTU FOLLOWED BY | | A 1,000-MWD/MTU COASTDOWN. THE GAP RE-OPENING ISSUE FOR THE CYCLE-11 | | DESIGN HAS BEEN EVALUATED AND SHOWN TO HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE TRANSIENT AND | | ACCIDENT ANALYSIS. THEREFORE, THE UNIT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN A LIMITING | | CONDITION FOR OPERATION AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. THE CYCLE-11 CORE | | DESIGN MODIFICATION PACKAGE HAS BEEN REVISED TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THIS | | CONCLUSION, AND WESTINGHOUSE IS MODIFYING ITS FUEL MECHANICAL DESIGN MODELS | | TO PROVIDE A MORE APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT OF THE FUEL ROD INTERNAL PRESSURE. | | | | THE LICENSEE EXPECTS TO KEEP THE UNIT AT 100% REACTOR POWER. THE NEXT | | REFUELING OUTAGE IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE COMMENCED DURING 04/99. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34486 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/07/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 07/07/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:40[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LAURIE RAYLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/07/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL RULAND RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO FAILURE OF A CORE SPRAY | | SYSTEM CHECK VALVE TO SEAT TO PREVENT REVERSE FLOW | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A QUARTERLY SURVEILLANCE ON THE #112 CORE SPRAY SYSTEM, | | VALVE #4021 (CHECK VALVE #11 KEEP FILL SYSTEM) FAILED TO SEAT TO PREVENT | | REVERSE FLOW. THIS PLACES THE UNIT IN AN ACTION STATEMENT FOR TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.2.7.1.A, PRIMARY COOLANT SYSTEM PRESSURE ISOLATION VALVES, | | WHICH STATES THAT INTEGRITY OF VALVES LISTED IN TABLE 3.2.7.1 SHALL BE | | DEMONSTRATED AND THAT LEAKAGE SHALL NOT EXCEED MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEAKAGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THIS SURVEILLANCE REQUIRES LITTLE OR NO LEAKAGE | | AND THAT THERE WAS A 1-INCH TYGON TUBING THAT HAD FULL FLOW DURING THE | | TEST. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING A CONDENSATE TRANSFER VALVE | | IN THE KEEP FILL SYSTEM WHICH MAY BE LEAKING BY THAT VALVE AS WELL. | | | | THE ALLOWABLE LEAKAGE WAS EXCEEDED AT 1340. THEREFORE, TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRE THAT AN ORDERLY SHUTDOWN BE INITIATED WITHIN 1 HOUR | | AND THAT THE UNIT BE PLACED IN COLD SHUTDOWN WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 10 HOURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2100 ON 07/07/98 FROM GARY HOLTHOUSE TO TROCINE * * * | | | | AFTER THE CORE SPRAY SYSTEM CHECK VALVE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETESTED, IT WAS | | DECLARED OPERABLE AT 2005. THE POWER REDUCTION WAS TERMINATED WITH THE | | UNIT AT 40% REACTOR POWER, AND POWER ASCENSION WAS RECOMMENCED AT 2040. AT | | THE TIME OF THIS NOTIFICATION, THE UNIT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 43% REACTOR | | POWER. | | | | THE LICENSEE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED WITH THE | | CONDENSATE TRANSFER VALVE IN THE KEEP FILL SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (RULAND). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34487 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/07/98 | | CITY: SEYMOUR JOHNSON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:06 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 07/07/98 | |LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 15:50[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/07/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET, REG 4 RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+AL BELISLE, REG 2 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KRISTEN SWENSON |STUART RUBIN, AEOD IRD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | +------------------------------------------------+EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF TWO CHEMICAL AGENT MONITORS FROM SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE | | LOCATED NEAR GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA | | | | AT 1550 ON 07/07/98, SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE (LOCATED NEAR | | GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA) NOTIFIED BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE (LOCATED IN | | WASHINGTON D.C.) OF THE LOSS OF TWO CHEMICAL AGENT MONITORS (EACH | | CONTAINING 250 ęCi OF AMERICIUM-241). THE CHEMICAL AGENT MONITORS WERE | | RECEIVED BY SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE ON 03/03/98. AFTER RECEIPT, THE | | MONITORS WERE STORED AND WERE NOT USED. HOWEVER, DURING AN INVENTORY THAT | | WAS PERFORMED ON 07/06/98, THE MONITORS COULD NOT BE FOUND. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR AN AIR FORCE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34488 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/07/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/07/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:31[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG JANAK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/07/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AT 1431 CDT ON 07/07/98, A SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO POWER | | SUPPLY FUNCTIONS OCCURRED. COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE INITIATED, AND THE | | SITUATION WAS CORRECTED AT 1437 CDT. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL | | INFORMATION.) | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THE EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 73.71(b). | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34489 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/07/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/07/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:23[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DON ROLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/07/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL RULAND RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 85 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH AN ACOUSTIC | | MONITOR FOR A MAIN STEAM SAFETY RELIEF VALVE | | | | AT 0539 ON 07/06/98, UNIT 1 RECEIVED AN ALARM FOR AN OPEN MAIN STEAM SAFETY | | RELIEF VALVE. A THOROUGH REVIEW OF PLANT PARAMETERS DETERMINED THAT THE | | ALARM WAS INVALID AND THAT THE ACOUSTIC MONITOR FOR THE 'S' SAFETY RELIEF | | VALVE HAD FAILED. (THE ACOUSTIC MONITOR IS LOCATED INSIDE THE DRYWELL.) | | LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION (LCO) 3.3.7.5, ACTION 80b, WAS ENTERED, | | AND THIS PLACED THE UNIT IN A 48-HOUR TO SHUTDOWN LCO. AT 2023 ON | | 07/07/98, A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN WAS COMMENCED TO | | INVESTIGATE AND AFFECT THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. THE UNIT IS PRESENTLY AT 85% | | POWER, AND THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PLACE THE UNIT IN CONDITION 4 (COLD | | SHUTDOWN). | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+