Japan’s population fell by a record 0.22 percent to 127.515 million as of last Oct. 1. japantimes.co.jp

North Korea is incapable of carrying out most of its threats of recent weeks, a prominent US expert who has visited the country’s nuclear facilities several times said Thursday. huffingtonpost.com

Iran has tripled installations of high-tech machines at nuclear plants. foxnews.com

Exelon Generation’s La Salle County Generating Station declared an Unusual Event at 3:11 p.m. today, after both units automatically shut down when power from the switchyard into the site was interrupted during a severe thunderstorm. enenews.com