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SCP-103 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-103
Expected annual
$2.1M
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$2.1M
Personnel
17
Initial capital/setup costs are approximately $1.14M driven by suite conversion, ICU equipment and custom R&D for tethered/sacrificial instrumentation; recurring operations run roughly $2.08M/year driven primarily by nursing and clinical staff, continuous TPN/medications, security, and research/expendable-instrument budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#14, #15] Initial R&D and buildout for sacrificial instrumentation and custom remote/tethered robotics and retrieval systems (sacrificial-probe R&D and remote instrumentation development).
Facilities $250K
[#1] Conversion of an existing hospital room into a sealed, medical-grade containment/ICU suite including structural mods, isolated HVAC, CCTV, access control and alarm integration.
Emergency Relocation Procurement $225K
[#20] One-time procurement of secure transport vehicle, portable life-support module, spare ventilator and associated containment transport gear.
Equipment $165K
[#2, #3, #18] One-time hardware purchases: backup power hardware/UPS (#2 one-time portion), ICU equipment package (ventilator, monitors, pumps, mattress, spares) (#3), secure servers/secure-server hardware (#18 one-time portion).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9] Salaries+benefits for 24/7 nursing (6 FTE), physician oversight/consults, dedicated research team (2 scientists + 1 tech), and site security staffing.
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#11, #14, #15, #23] Diagnostic testing/imaging/EEG (~$50k), recurring sacrificial-instrument budget (~$100k), remote instrumentation maintenance (~$50k), and miscellaneous/novel assay contingency for research (~$100k).
Psychological And Hazard Pay $150K/yr
[#17] Staff counseling, ethics oversight and hazard/retention premiums for core staff assigned permanently.
Supplies And Consumables $85K/yr
[#4, #12] Total parenteral nutrition and IV fluids (~$73k/yr) plus general consumables/disposables (tubing, gloves, dressings, ~$12k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#19] Legal fees, record maintenance, cover stories and family interactions/public relations.
Contingency Surgical Costs $50K/yr
[#16] OR availability, anesthesia and surgical staff set-aside for periodic procedures and emergency surgeries.
Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr
[#2, #20] Generator maintenance & fuel contracts and readiness/maintenance for emergency relocation equipment.
Capital Replacement Reserve $30K/yr
[#21] Depreciation/reserve for replacement of ventilators, monitors, infusion pumps and other capital equipment.
Medications And Pharmacy $30K/yr
[#5] Long-term sedation, continuous infusions, prophylactic antibiotics, pharmacy compounding and occasional high-cost meds.
Infection Control And Line Maintenance $25K/yr
[#10] Central-line care, sterile dressing supplies, routine cultures, prophylactic interventions and rapid-response for line infections.
Data Management And It $12K/yr
[#18] Ongoing secure storage, backups, network segregation and IT security maintenance.
Training And Drills $10K/yr
[#22] Regular emergency drills, protocol training and documentation updates.
Medical Waste And Sanitation $5K/yr
[#13] Contracted biohazard waste removal, laundry/linen and sanitation services for the containment chamber.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr
78.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine clinical care, scheduled research activity, and standard expendable losses.
steady clinical operations planned research cadence
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Small containment incident or equipment loss (lost endoscope/expended probes) or an isolated line infection requiring extra treatment and replacement kit purchases.
instrument loss central line infection
🚨 Major Breach $2.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Significant containment/medical emergency requiring emergency relocation, extended OR use, major equipment replacement and legal/PR response.
site compromise catastrophic equipment loss or major surgery
🚨 Research Scaleup $2.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Aggressive experimental campaign with high tempo of sacrificial instrument testing and expanded R&D leading to materially higher annual consumable and contract costs.
intensive testing program high sacrificial-instrument tempo
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Registered Nurse (ICU) 6 [#6] 24/7 ICU-level nursing coverage (6 FTE) for ventilated/comatose patient including turnover, leave and training.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#9] 24/7 restricted-access security staffing (6 FTE equivalent used in wage estimate).
Research Scientist / Lead 2 [#8] Two scientists as part of the dedicated research team.
Laboratory Technician / Data Manager 1 [#8] One lab technician / data manager supporting research and monitoring.
Physician (Intensivist / Consultants) 2 [#7] Part-time intensivist oversight and specialist consult access (aggregated to ~2 FTE-equivalent coverage).
📋 Confidence Notes
Detailed line-item estimates provided by analyst notes allow a reasoned costing, but the anomalous nature of SCP-103 (instrument loss, unknown testing tempo, rare containment events) produces uncertainty in R&D and incident-driven budgets.
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