Nuclear security

Radiation levels normal in Russia as wildfires continue in Chernobyl exclusion zone

Radiation levels remain normal in Russia as wildfires continue to burn in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Anna Popova, director of the consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor and Russia's chief epidemiologist, told Interfax on Thursday.

"All measurements and monitoring results have not detected any heightened radiation levels," she said.