RIYADH: No changes in radiation levels in Saudi Arabia have been detected following an earthquake close to an Iranian nuclear power station, officials have said. The Nuclear Radiological Regulatory Authority has revealed that the environmental radiation monitoring and early warning network had not picked up any rise in the Kingdom. In a statement, the authority said it was “monitoring the environmental conditions following the earthquake that struck Iran last Friday, which measured 5.1 on the Richter scale and was rated as average, in an area located less than 50 km from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the southwest of Iran.” The authority added that it was working to develop and increase the number of environmental radiological monitoring and early warning stations to more than 140, as part of ongoing national response planning by relevant government agencies for nuclear emergencies. Also being developed was a radiological emergency room equipped with artificial intelligence-backed technology for simulating regional conditions during the movement of radiation clouds, to help speed up decision-making processes in the event of a nuclear incident.