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SCP-1208 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1208
Expected annual
$224K
One-time setup
$873K
Annual recurring
$213K
Personnel
3
First-year (one-time) costs are dominated by optional imaging purchase and contingency reserves; recurring costs are driven by research personnel, veterinary care, and regulatory/compliance overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $873K
Worst Case Reserve $300K
[#30] Worst-case legal/containment failure reserve to cover large settlements, long-term care, remediation, or extensive cover operations.
Equipment $299K
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #12, #14, #22, #23, #24, #16] Heat/steam-resistant enclosure, remote actuator/interlock, initial surveillance/camera and sensors, biometric lock/ACL integration, autoclave purchase, necropsy table and freezer(s), small tools/instrumentation (torque sensor, high-speed camera, temp loggers), secure data storage initial hardware, secure transport cart, and optional dedicated micro-CT purchase (high-capex option included here).
Contingency Reserve $150K
[#25] Contingency reserve for unexpected containment breaches, medical evacuations, or other urgent expenditures (pre-staged but not normally spent).
Facilities $97K
[#1, #2, #3, #11, #18] Secure storage locker installation, dedicated 240V circuit, local exhaust/ventilation tie-in, BSL-2 certification/upgrade, and vivarium upgrade (structural/electrical/HVAC work and certification).
Specialized Repair Reserve $15K
[#28] One-time reserve for specialized repair/diagnostic work on the unique device or containment hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10K
[#8, #9, #10] Initial personnel vetting/security clearance processing, development of SOPs and initial staff training sessions, and initial PPE/handling tool kits.
Cover Story Program Initial $1K
[#26] Initial decoy waffle irons, mundane paperwork, and record creation for the cover-story/mundane artifact program.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $213K/yr
Staff Wages $70K/yr
[#17] Pro-rata research personnel salaries (lead researcher partial FTE, one technician partial/full FTE, part-time lab assistant) allocated to SCP-1208 program.
Research And Monitoring $59K/yr
[#9, #16, #18, #20] Recurring costs for refresher training and SOP upkeep, per-use imaging fees (central core scans), veterinary services/animal husbandry recurring costs, and occupational health/medical monitoring and on-call emergency response.
Administrative Overhead $36K/yr
[#29] Pro-rated Site-19 administrative overhead and facility allocation (estimated at ~20% of direct recurring costs).
Cover Story And Legal $17K/yr
[#19, #26] Annual legal counsel/ethics-board/admin for human-subject oversight and ongoing cover-story/decoy record upkeep.
Facilities Maintenance $16K/yr
[#6, #7, #11, #12, #14, #23, #28] Ongoing BSL-2 audits and certification maintenance, surveillance/storage monitoring, access-control maintenance, autoclave and freezer maintenance, secure data storage admin, and routine ventilation/equipment upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#10, #13, #15, #21] Recurring PPE replacements and consumables, biohazard waste handling contract baseline, histology/sample-prep consumables, and general experimental supplies.
Logistics And Transport $4K/yr
[#24] Recurring escort labor allocation for secure internal transfers and associated logistics.
Energy And Utilities $200/yr
[#27] Incremental energy and utilities attributable to occasional device operation and ventilation load.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $213K/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal year with containment and operations proceeding without major incidents; routine experiments and administrative overhead only.
routine_operations scheduled_experiments regular_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $238K/yr
6.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Small containment or equipment incident (localized contamination, single-staff injury, or actuator failure) requiring decon, repair, and limited medical/legal action.
localized_contamination equipment_failure single_staff_injury
🚨 Major Breach $663K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$450K vs baseline
Significant containment failure or widely visible incident requiring extensive remediation, legal action, long-term care, and public cover operations.
containment_breach multiple_injuries public_exposure
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Lead Researcher 1 Single lead researcher assigned (approx. 0.5 FTE charged to SCP-1208 budget).
Research Technician 1 One technician (approx. 0.75 FTE) handling experiments, sample prep, and equipment operation.
Lab Assistant / Part-time 1 One part-time lab assistant (approx. 0.5 FTE) for routine tasks and sample handling.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and ranges are well-described, but several large-option items (dedicated micro-CT purchase, contingency/worst-case reserve sizing, vivarium upgrades) create wide variance in first-year and reserve-level costs; staff FTE allocation and imaging usage frequency also introduce uncertainty.
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