SCP-1232
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-1232
Expected annual
$6.1M
One-time setup
$5.5M
Annual recurring
$5.9M
Personnel
29
First-year capital and setup costs are approximately $5,481,000 driven primarily by containment upgrades, incineration/quarantine buildouts, and specialized instrumentation; annual operating costs are approximately $5,918,500 driven by staff wages, D-class custody, research consumables, hazardous-waste handling and contingency reserves.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $5.5M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $5.9M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$5.9M/yr
Normal operating year with no major incidents; ongoing research and containment operations proceed within planned budgets.
routine research cadence
no breaches or major incidents
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Minor Incident
$6.2M/yr
Localized contamination event or small-scale exposure requiring targeted cleanup, medical follow-up and PR/legal response.
localized contamination
single-person potential exposure
minor facility remediation
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Major Breach
$15.9M/yr
Significant containment breach with community exposure potential requiring demolition-level remediation, large legal/PR expenses, and emergency public-health operations.
major containment failure
widespread contamination
public exposure/legal actions
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Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up
$8.4M/yr
A validated replication/scale-up breakthrough necessitates rapid expansion of containment, hiring and capital expenditure to upscale secure production/storage.
validated replication yields
need for expanded secure capacity
programmatic scale-up decision
Personnel
29 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 4 | [#10] PI and senior research staff (includes postdoc-equivalent senior scientists covered in scientific payroll). |
| Technician / BSL Operator | 5 | [#11] Lab technicians and BSL-operator staff for day-to-day experiments, sample handling and instrument operation. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 10 | [#12] Continuous guarded security, site operations, D-class supervision and rapid response personnel. |
| D-class Personnel | 10 | [#13] Working cohort of 10 D-class subjects involved in long-duration testing; custody/housing costs accounted separately. |
Confidence Notes
Detailed line items and ranges were provided allowing moderate confidence in category mapping and mid-point estimates; however wide ranges for contingency, remediation and insurance, and uncertain incident probabilities produce residual uncertainty.