SCP-1842 — SCP-1842 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1842

Expected annual

$479K

One-time setup

$358K

Annual recurring

$470K

Personnel

Estimated one-time setup costs are $358,200, and ongoing annual costs are $470,100. Main recurring cost drivers are personnel salaries, occupational/analytical testing, and recurring contingency/insurance and administrative overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $358K

Insurance Policy Setup $200K

[#26] One-time cost to establish a contingency/insurance policy against low-probability high-impact exposure scenarios.

Containment Breach Reserve $75K

[#20] Recommended contingency/reserve fund for rapid-response (midpoint of $50k–$100k range chosen as one-time reserve).

Cover Story Setup $50K

[#21] One-time setup costs for cover story/front-company establishment and initial legal/PR preparation.

Facilities $11K

[#1, #2, #24] Secure containment locker upgrades, hazardous-material shelving/secondary spill containment, and fume hood/ventilation modification/certification (one-time structural/work items).

Equipment $11K

[#3, #4, #5, #8, #17, #23] One-time purchases and installs: climate-control insert for preservation, barcode/RFID setup, CCTV/tamper sensor install, initial PPE kit, spare containment jars/replacement toy, and IT/ access-control hardware.

Initial Hazardous Waste Disposal $5K

[#11] Initial contracted hazardous-waste pickup/disposal for surplus/legacy contaminated material.

Protocol Development $3K

[#19] Engineering time to develop disposal/neutralization SOPs and training implementation (one-time development cost).

Long Term Sample Setup $2K

[#22] One-time setup of secure climate-controlled archive for reference samples.

Emergency Medical Kits Training $1K

[#10] One-time purchase of on-site emergency kits and initial response training.

Documentation Setup $1K

[#18] One-time secure digital and physical archiving setup costs.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $470K/yr

Staff Wages $240K/yr

[#6, #7] Salaries and benefits for 1 full-time assigned researcher (~$120k) and two part-time lab technicians / 1 FTE (~$120k total).

Insurance Policy Maintenance $75K/yr

[#26] Annual cost to maintain low-probability/high-impact insurance and mitigation policy (midpoint of recommended $50k–$100k/yr).

Emergency Medical Contingency $50K/yr

[#10] Annual contingency reserve for hospitalization/specialist treatment in case of poisoning incidents (recommended yearly reserve).

Administrative Overhead $40K/yr

[#14, #25] Ethics/IRB processing, approvals, legal review and senior staff oversight / opportunity cost (~$10k + $30k = $40k/yr).

Research And Monitoring $33K/yr

[#9, #12, #13] Occupational medical monitoring (~$3,000/yr), analytical chemistry/materials testing (~$25,000/yr), and controlled testing consumables/stipends (~$5,000/yr).

Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr

[#21] Ongoing cover-story maintenance, legal counsel, and PR/disinformation budgets (~$20,000/yr).

Logistics And Transport $4K/yr

[#16] Secure climate-controlled transport / courier escorts (assume 2 moves/yr ≈ $4,000).

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#8, #27] PPE replenishment (~$1,000/yr) and miscellaneous consumables/minor repairs (~$1,000/yr).

Training And Signage $2K/yr

[#15] Annual mandatory training sessions and signage (including SCP-2057 prohibition).

Cctv Monitoring Storage $1K/yr

[#5] Ongoing camera monitoring service and footage storage costs.

Hazardous Waste Disposal $1K/yr

[#11] Routine contracted hazardous-waste pickup and disposal for contaminated items and biohazardous waste.

Facilities Maintenance $700/yr

[#3, #24] Climate control maintenance/desiccant replacement (~$200/yr) and hood/ventilation recertification & consumables (~$500/yr).

Barcoding Inventory Maintenance $500/yr

[#4] Barcode/RFID license, database maintenance, and inventory system upkeep.

It Security Maintenance $400/yr

[#23] IT security, access auditing, and workflow system maintenance (~$400/yr).

Long Term Sample Maintenance $300/yr

[#22] Ongoing climate-controlled archive maintenance for retained reference samples.

Documentation Maintenance $200/yr

[#18] Ongoing storage/maintenance for secure archival systems and logs.

Containment Breach Reserve Maintenance $0/yr

[#20] Annual maintenance for containment-breach reserve (set to $0/yr unless site elects to replenish/reserve annually).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $470K/yr

92.0% probability / year

Uneventful year with normal testing and no major incidents.

routine_testing no_exposure_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $530K/yr

4.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline

Single-person ingestion incident requiring hospitalization and specialist care.

single ingestion hospitalization clinical treatment and follow-up

🚨 Major Breach $670K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Containment breach or public exposure requiring large-scale response, deep decontamination, and legal/PR remediation.

public exposure multiple-person exposure large-scale recovery and legal action

🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $620K/yr

3.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Discovery of a scale-up path or valuable application that requires rapid program expansion and extra research spending.

scalable_production_discovery expanded_research_program equipment procurement

👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	1	[#6] One full-time researcher responsible for experiment approvals and oversight.
Lab Technician	2	[#7] Two part-time technicians (constituting ~1 FTE) for sample prep, handling, and record-keeping.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates and clear recurring vs one-time splits; mappings are high-confidence for an incremental single-site containment program.

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