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SCP-044 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-044
Expected annual
$4.6M
One-time setup
$62.5M
Annual recurring
$3.9M
Personnel
17
Initial one-time program setup is substantial (≈$62.5M) driven by site acquisition, robust contingency reserves, and heavy rail/containment infrastructure; ongoing annual operations are modest by comparison (~$3.95M/yr) driven by staffing, research activity and consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $62.5M
Contingency Reserve $27.5M
[#25] Catastrophic-incident reserve sized mid-range to cover large-scale remediation, rebuilding and compensation.
Facilities $16.7M
[#1, #2, #6, #7, #12] Land acquisition and site preparation, reinforced rail spur and turnout, reinforced docking shed and blast berms, and perimeter/access works.
Equipment $8.6M
[#3, #5, #8, #9, #10, #11, #16, #18, #19, #20] Locomotives, heavy gantry/crane, muzzle covers, ventilation hardware, monitoring hardware, power infrastructure, robotic inspection hardware, IT/server hardware, PPE kit and ERT kit.
Decommissioning Planning $5.2M
[#29] Long-term decommissioning and disposal planning / salvage planning.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.9M
[#17, #21, #28] High-speed diagnostics and instrumentation, baseline environmental surveys, and research capital equipment for fundamental studies (lab buildout, detectors, calorimetry rigs).
Cover Story Setup $500K
[#24] One-time legal/cover‑story/shell-company setup and initial liaison costs.
Initial Clearance Processing $30K
[#27] One-time per-program onboarding / higher-clearance processing for initial hires (representative initial allocation).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#12, #13, #14, #15] Salaries and benefits for monitoring/SOC staff, 24/7 security guards, research scientists/engineers, and maintenance/machinist personnel.
Institutional Overhead $515K/yr
[#30] Program management, accounting, compliance and allocated overhead (15% of direct recurring costs).
Research And Monitoring $505K/yr
[#18, #22, #28] Data storage/secure IT operations, budgeted experimental firing activity (routine/diagnostic), and running costs for research capital equipment.
Supplies And Consumables $461K/yr
[#9, #10, #16, #17, #19, #21, #23] Ventilation filter consumables, sensor calibration/replacements, robotics spares, diagnostic calibration and consumables, PPE replacements, environmental monitoring samples, expendable probes/drones/targets.
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#24] Ongoing legal, public affairs, local liaison and cover-story maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#4] Locomotive fuel, scheduled locomotive maintenance and crewing for moves.
Emergency Response Training $138K/yr
[#20] ERT drills, recertification, portable suppression contracts and training maintenance.
Insurance Admin $125K/yr
[#26] Administrative allocation for captive insurance, legal defence funds and loss accounting.
Facilities Maintenance $55K/yr
[#11] Backup generators/UPS fuel and maintenance and general infrastructure upkeep.
Personnel Vetting $48K/yr
[#27] Ongoing background checks, clearance renewals and recruiting/turnover costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.9M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, maintenance, monitoring, and minimal experimental activity (diagnostic-level testing only).
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance low_level_testing
🚨 Minor Incident $5.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized accident or small uncontrolled firing requiring emergency response, site repairs and limited remediation.
small_uncontrolled_firing equipment_failure minor_environmental_contamination
🚨 Major Breach $28.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant uncontrolled firing or experimental accident causing large-scale infrastructure loss, major remediation and public claims.
large_uncontrolled_firing catastrophic_yield major_public_exposure
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#13] Multi-shift guard force for 24/7 coverage; staffing costs included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 3 [#14, #28] Senior physicist and engineers responsible for experiments and oversight; salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Technician 3 [#14, #16, #17] Technicians for experiments, diagnostics and remote/robotic operations; salaries included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#15, #5, #11] Maintenance staff and machinists to service locomotives, gantry/crane, ventilation and power systems; salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most costs so mid-range estimates are reasonable, but large uncertainties remain around testing frequency, contingency sizing and extreme-loss probabilities.
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