SCP-158
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-158
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
16
Initial one-time buildout and specialized instrumentation drive upfront costs (~$1.5M), while staff wages and ongoing maintenance/monitoring dominate annual costs (~$1.72M/year).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $1.5M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $1.7M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$1.7M/yr
Normal, uneventful operational year with scheduled maintenance, routine research, and no major incidents.
scheduled_research
routine_maintenance
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Minor Incident
$1.9M/yr
Small containment or equipment incident requiring cleanup, overtime, and limited replacement/repairs.
small_gaseous_release
equipment_failure
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Major Breach
$2.7M/yr
Significant containment breach or accident requiring large-scale cleanup, medical costs, potential facility remediation and temporary shutdown.
large_release
structural_damage
multiple_casualties
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Research Scale Up
$3.5M/yr
Programmatic decision to pursue aggressive harnessing/scale-up of energy output requiring significant new staff, instrumentation, and security.
successful_prototyping
executive_approval_for_scaleup
Personnel
16 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / Guard | 8 | Eight full-time guards to provide 24/7 coverage (three shifts) per [#5]. |
| Security Supervisor / SSO | 1 | Supervisor/SSO salary & oversight included in security cost [#5]. |
| Monitoring / CCTV Operator | 1 | Remote monitoring and footage review staff [#6]. |
| Research Scientist | 4 | Physicists/chemists/engineers and technicians to characterize output and write SOPs [#11]. |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 1 | Engineering staff for harnessing and device maintenance [#14, #21]. |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | Administrative processing of clearances, records, and paperwork [#18]. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges enabling a reasoned estimate, but the anomalous nature of the substance and wide ranges on several line items (instrumentation, contingency, decommissioning) leave moderate uncertainty.