Radiation News Roundup July 12, 2014 A powerful earthquake struck early Saturday off the coast of northern Japan -- rattling nerves in a region rocked three years ago by a deadly tremor, tsunami and nuclear crisis, though thankfully the latest episode didn't nearly measure up. cnn.com Perhaps no international news story has been shaped by as much deception and wrong-headed analysis as the Iranian “nuclear crisis.” news.vice.com Palisades Nuclear Power Plant's safety performance will be the topic of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission open house Thursday. mlive.com The Belarus nuclear power plant under construction at Ostrovets is in non-compliance with the provisions of the Espoo Convention, the parties of the Convention have decided at a meeting in Geneva from 2 to 5 June 2014. nucnet.org