SCP-1484
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-1484
Expected annual
$3.9M
One-time setup
$5.5M
Annual recurring
$3.7M
Personnel
11
One-time capital costs are dominated by containment chamber retrofit, specialized instrumentation, and a precautionary emergency reserve (~$5.47M total one-time). Recurring annual costs (~$3.65M/yr) are driven by specialized staff wages, legal/cover-story obligations, research funding, and contingency/reserves.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $5.5M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $3.7M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$3.7M/yr
Normal operational year with no major incidents or large external campaigns; routine testing and maintenance only.
no_major_incident
routine_research
scheduled_maintenance
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Minor Incident
$4.0M/yr
Localized containment/activation incident requiring expanded emergency response, targeted decontamination, and equipment replacement.
unexpected_activation
equipment_failure
localized_contamination
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Major External Campaign
$5.9M/yr
Planned large-scale external accelerator campaign / off-site compute run and international transfers for high-energy tests.
accelerator_campaign
off-site_compute_run
international_transfer
Personnel
11 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 6 | [#10] Six full-time guards to provide 24/7 armed coverage (as specified in notes). |
| Research Scientist / Senior Researcher | 1 | [#11] Senior containment lead (Level 3) / principal investigator. |
| Research Scientist / Particle Physicist (Postdoc-level) | 2 | [#11] Two particle physicists/postdocs on the containment/research team. |
| Technician / Lab Technician | 2 | [#11] Two technicians for shift coverage and equipment operation. |
Confidence Notes
Many line items have explicit analyst estimates and practical line-item detail (improving confidence). Several items use mid-range assumptions for ranges (external campaigns, decommissioning, contingency), and episodic/rare events are inherently uncertain, so overall confidence is medium.