← SCP Cost Explorer Read on SCP Wiki ↗
SCP-1092 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1092
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
15
Initial capital depends heavily on whether an on-site industrial sterilizer and incinerator are purchased; main one-time drivers are high-capacity sterilization and installed equipment, while recurring costs are dominated by personnel wages, contracted sterilization/incineration and biomedical waste handling.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Equipment $3.5M
[#2, #3, #5, #8, #17] Flooding/drainage pumps & controls; on-site industrial sterilizer/autoclave (capital option); on-site incinerator capital option; radiography equipment suite; redundant UPS/generator. Midpoint estimates; autoclave represents optional high-capex path.
Facilities $462K
[#1, #4, #10, #16, #18] Watertight containment cell fit-out, effluent/holding tank secondary containment, quarantine-room retrofit, HVAC/pressure upgrades, and electronic access/mantrap/CCTV install (midpoint estimates summed).
Contingency Seed Fund $275K
[#23] One-time contingency/reserve seed for emergency incidents or remediation (midpoint).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $110K
[#15, #11, #19, #20] Sample processing and secure cold storage (-80°C freezer and sample management); initial PPE kits for staff; initial training/SOP development; initial permits and approvals (lab setup and administrative startup).
Permits And Approvals $0
[]
Security Systems Install $0
[]
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#7, #9, #14, #18, #25] Salaries for security guards, research scientists, lab technician(s), part-/full-time veterinarian, radiologic technologist and radiologist support, program manager/safety officer, medical officer, engineer and administrative staff (summed midpoints).
Research And Monitoring $171K/yr
[#14, #15, #8, #19, #26] Ongoing research staff consumables, sequencing/histology/imaging assays, sample-storage electricity & maintenance, radiography service/calibration, medical surveillance and diagnostic follow-up testing. Midpoint annual budgets.
Cover Story And Legal $90K/yr
[#20, #21] Ongoing legal/compliance retainer, permits renewals, and public-relations/cover-story budgets (annual midpoint).
Supplies And Consumables $69K/yr
[#11, #27] Ongoing PPE consumables and facility disinfectant stocks; recurring surgical/extraction consumables and blood products (annual midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#2, #4, #5, #8, #16, #17, #18] Annual maintenance/service for pumps, holding tanks, incinerator/equipment, radiography calibration/service, HVAC/filtration, generator/UPS maintenance, and access/CCTV maintenance. Midpoint annual contracts and service.
Clinical Readiness Retainer $60K/yr
[#13] On-call trauma/OR retainer and readiness agreement (midpoint annual retainer).
Logistics And Transport $56K/yr
[#3, #5, #22] Secure sample shipments, sterilization vendor batch contracts (recurring contract processing for drained water) and outsourced incineration pickup fees (midpoint annualized for ~4 events/year).
Contingency Fund Maintenance $20K/yr
[#23] Annual top-up / maintenance of emergency contingency reserve.
Biomedical Waste Disposal $18K/yr
[#12] Licensed biomedical/hazardous waste contractor for contaminated PPE, bedding, sharps and small tissues (monthly-to-annual midpoint).
Training And Sops $15K/yr
[#19] Annual refresher training, drills, and SOP updates (midpoint).
Energy Costs $5K/yr
[#24] Electrical energy for pumps/sterilization events (midpoint for ~4 triple-sterilization events/year if using contractors; larger if autoclave used).
Animal Procurement And Husbandry $4K/yr
[#6] Procurement, transport, quarantine on arrival, feed, bedding and basic husbandry/veterinary care for ~4 pigs/year (midpoint).
Quarantine Staffing And Per Person Costs $2K/yr
[#10] Anticipated annual cost for at least one two-week quarantine event per year (nursing/monitoring and support; midpoint).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Routine year with contractors used for sterilization/incineration, no major incidents; normal research and containment operations.
no_incident outsourced_sterilization normal_research_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$80K vs baseline
Single accidental exposure or extraction event requiring surgical/medical response, one small-scale containment remediation and PR/legal activity.
single_staff_exposure surgical_extraction localized_remediation
🚨 Major Breach $2.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach with multiple exposures, hospitalizations, large-scale remediation, legal/PR consequences and replacement/repair of containment infrastructure.
multiple_person_exposures site_breach public_exposure
🚨 Major Investment Autoclave $4.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Institution elects to purchase and install an on-site industrial sterilizer/autoclave (capital purchase year) to remove recurring contractor fees.
capital_upgrade_decision on-site_autoclave_install
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#18] 24/7 coverage (3 shifts × 2 guards) per analyst note.
Research Scientist 2 [#14] Laboratory research leads required for lifecycle and mechanism studies.
Lab Technician 1 [#14, #15] Bench technician for assays, sample processing and BSL handling.
Veterinarian 1 [#6, #7] On-site or retainer veterinarian for animal procurement/husbandry and procedures.
Radiologic Technologist 1 [#8, #9] Operates X-ray scanning every 48 hours for quarantined contacts and routine imaging.
Radiologist 1 [#9] Image review and interpretation for staff and exposure screening.
Medical Officer / Nurse 1 [#10, #13] Clinical monitoring, quarantine nursing and coordination with trauma/OR teams.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#17, #2] Maintenance of pumps, HVAC, autoclave/incinerator (if present) and generators.
Administrative Staff 1 [#25] Procurement, scheduling, record-keeping and administrative support.
Program Manager / Safety Officer 1 [#19, #25] Program management, SOP maintenance, training coordination and safety oversight.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed on equipment and operational protocols, enabling mid-confidence estimates for recurring staffing and contractor costs; major uncertainties remain around frequency of incidents, whether high-capex options (on-site autoclave/incinerator) are chosen, and local regulatory/installation cost variance, so confidence is medium.
← SCP-1091 ↑ All SCPs SCP-1093 →