The researchers also determined the damage done to the nuclear power plant accident in the past.
A group of scientists from the University of Sussex (UK) in collaboration with the Higher technical school of Zurich (Switzerland), came to the conclusion that humanity may soon face new accidents at nuclear power plants.
It is reported by Naked Science.
Insights were obtained on the basis of the analysis of a variety of materials. Worked with reports, scientific articles, press releases, official documents and news notes on nuclear energy. All were considered in detail more than 200 nuclear accidents.
According to scientists, a major disaster like the one that occurred at Chernobyl, humanity may face in the future more than once or twice in a hundred years. While less dramatic incidents such as the accident at the nuclear power plant Three Mile island (1979), will take place at all every 10-20 years.
The researchers also determined the damage done to the nuclear power plant accident in the past. Calculation methodology took into account human life – one life were provisionally estimated at $ 6 million. The accident that occurred at Chernobyl and Fukushima-1, was assessed a total of 425 billion dollars. This is approximately five times the damage from all other accidents combined.
