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SCP-1575 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1575
Expected annual
$2.2M
One-time setup
$508K
Annual recurring
$2.2M
Personnel
18
One-time setup ~ $508,000 for chamber, plumbing, monitoring, lab equipment and transport; dominant recurring costs are personnel, pathology/reagents, hazardous disposal and security totaling ~$1.92M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $508K
Facilities $195K
[#1, #3, #25] Containment chamber build/retrofit, specialized plumbing/site tie-in and contingency marble repair; includes graded drains, decon point and structural work.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $118K
[#8, #9, #20] Research Lab 3 tie-in bench/freezers/biosafety cabinet provisioning, necropsy/imaging/in-house pathology kits, and sample cold-storage freezer purchases.
Equipment $110K
[#2, #4, #6, #7, #15, #21] HVAC unit & installation, secondary/quarantine tanks, leak detection/water alarms, CCTV/access control, emergency response kit, initial IT/hardware purchases.
Initial Acquisition And Transport $75K
[#22] Secure transport and specialist crating for initial recovery/acquisition operation.
Euthanasia Supplies And Initial Pathology $5K
[#14] One-time euthanasia supplies and initial per-subject pathology kit budget for early tests (per-note range $500–$5,000/subject; baseline kit purchase).
Cover Story Setup $5K
[#24] One-time legal/cover story / black-budget setup to establish plausible provenance and initial cover documentation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.2M/yr
Staff Wages $600K/yr
[#10] Research salaries: anomalous biology lead, toxicologist, 2 research scientists and 2 lab technicians (4 researchers + 2 techs).
Research And Monitoring $305K/yr
[#9, #19, #8, #23] Pathology/advanced imaging and specimen analyses (~$150,000/yr), reagents/assays (~$150,000/yr), plus periodic conservator consults (~$10,000/yr).
Veterinary And Animal Care $270K/yr
[#11] Veterinary salaries and animal care technicians (1 FT vet + 2–3 techs ~ $270,000/yr).
Security Personnel $270K/yr
[#17] Dedicated guards for chamber and transfer corridors: 6guards @ $40k/yr + supervisory/overtime (~$270,000/yr).
Contingency Reserve $250K/yr
[#27] Contingency reserve for unexpected scale-up, long-term quarantine or public incidents (~15% of operating budget; recommended 10–20%).
Supplies And Consumables $177K/yr
[#4, #6, #13, #20, #21] Secondary tank monitoring ($1,000/yr), leak-detection maintenance ($1,000/yr), PPE/decon ($12,000/yr), sample freezer maintenance/LN2 ($5,000/yr), IT maintenance ($5,000/yr) plus miscellaneous consumables baseline.
Pathology And Necropsy Services $150K/yr
[#9] Recurring pathology analyses, advanced imaging and outsourced histology/sequencing budget as noted (~$150,000/yr).
Animal Procurement And Husbandry $100K/yr
[#12] Procurement, transport, housing, feed and husbandry for an annual program (mid-range budget for ~20 animals/year).
Ethical Oversight And Recordkeeping $35K/yr
[#16] Administrative overhead for internal review boards, recordkeeping and compliance (~$20k–$50k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#24] Ongoing cover maintenance, records falsification risk-mitigation and occasional local interventions.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#22] Ongoing occasional secure transfers of animals/samples between sites; does not include initial acquisition operation.
Energy And Utilities $10K/yr
[#18] Pumps, HVAC energy and general site utilities for chamber and quarantine tanks (~$10,000/yr).
Conservation Consulting $10K/yr
[#23] Periodic stone-conservation assessments and specialist consultations (~$10,000/yr).
Training And Sop Compliance $10K/yr
[#26] Ongoing training, SOP development and compliance audits (~$10,000/yr).
Emergency Drills And Response Upkeep $8K/yr
[#15] Annual drills, kit upkeep, rapid-response team training and reagent replenishment (~$5,000–$10,000/yr; mid used).
Hazardous Disposal $6K/yr
[#5] Disposal of SCP-1575-1 contaminated liquids; mid-range assumed $6 per liter at ~1,000 L/year = $6,000/yr (scaleable).
Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr
[#1] Ongoing maintenance specific to containment chamber tie-ins and occasional structural upkeep (minor annual estimate).
Survivor Care Reserve $0/yr
[#14] Retained-survivor long-term care not budgeted in baseline (euthanasia assumed standard); per-subject retained care can be $50k–$150k/yr if policy changes.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.2M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing, maintenance, and no major containment incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$-163000 vs baseline
Localized containment failure or contamination event requiring emergency response, additional disposal, replacement animals and extra pathology.
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🚨 Major Breach $3.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Significant containment breach with multiple survivors, public exposure risk or mass contamination requiring large-scale medical, legal, containment and disposal response.
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👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 [#10] Includes anomalous biology lead, toxicologist and two research scientists (part of research salary pool).
Lab Technician 2 [#10] Two lab technicians to run experiments and sample processing.
Veterinarian 1 [#11] Full-time veterinarian for large/small mammal care.
Animal Care Technician 3 [#11, #12] Animal techs/handlers for husbandry, enrichment and behavioral management.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 [#17] Six guards for three-shift coverage plus supervisory role (covered in security personnel budget).
Administrative Staff 1 [#16] Administrative/oversight role for documentation, ethical review coordination and recordkeeping.
📋 Confidence Notes
Article and analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for equipment and staffing, so capital and personnel estimates are reasonably well-founded; unpredictability of mutation outcomes, disposal volume and policy decisions about retaining survivors reduces confidence from high to medium.
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