Russia says radiation levels are normal after fires near Chornobyl

​Russia ​said on ‌Friday that ​it was carrying out enhanced ‌radiation monitoring after fires in the exclusion zone around the Chornobyl ‌nuclear power plant in Ukraine ‌but that there was no excess radiation.

"The radiation situation in ⁠the ​Russian ⁠Federation remains stable," Russia's national public ⁠health agency said.

The 1986 Chornobyl ​disaster is considered to ⁠be the world's worst civil nuclear ⁠accident. ​The Chernobyl accident spread Iodine-131, Caesium-134 and Caesium-137 ⁠across parts of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, ⁠northern ⁠and central Europe.

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