At least 99 nuclear accidents meeting this definition, totaling more than $20.5 billion in damages, occurred worldwide from 1952 to 2009 – or more than one incident and $330 million in damage every year, on average, for the past three decades. And, of course, this average does not include the Fukushima catastrophe.
在1952年至2009年间全球至少有99场核事故符合上述定义，合共造成205亿美元损失——或者说在过去30年间平均每年发生超过一起核事件并损失3.3亿美元。当然这个统计尚未将目前的福岛核灾难计算在内。