SCP-1997
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-1997
Expected annual
$299K
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$291K
Personnel
4
One-time contingency and experimental setup costs dominate the program budget (heavy-storage, robotic rigs, and structural reinforcement), while annual staffing, overhead, security, and occasional testing drive recurring costs (~$0.29M/yr). Baseline operations are modest but catastrophic containment or scale-up can push one-time costs into the mid-six-figures to >$1M.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $1.2M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $291K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$291K/yr
Normal uneventful year covering staffing, routine maintenance, supplies, IT backups, overhead, and modest recurring testing.
no incidents
limited research access
routine maintenance
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Minor Incident
$366K/yr
Unauthorized or accidental unfolding event requiring short-term emergency response, shoring, localized repairs, and temporary heavy-lift rental.
unauthorized unfolding
localized structural overload
small-scale emergency relocation
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Major Breach
$991K/yr
Large-scale unfolding or malicious exploitation leading to very high mass requiring heavy storage relocation, major structural repairs, and large contingency expenditures.
extensive unauthorized unfolding
structural failure or area evacuation
requirement to move to heavy-storage bunker
Personnel
4 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 1 | [#9] Senior researcher (0.25–1.0 FTE typical; listed as policy holder or primary investigator). |
| Research Technician / Lab Tech | 1 | [#9] Lab technician (approx. 0.5 FTE allocated; single technician supports handling and imaging). |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | [#9] Clerical/support for handling requests, imaging workflow and recordkeeping (part-time allocation represented as one headcount). |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 1 | [#10, #9] Portion of guard time and access-control oversight allocated to SCP-1997 (shared duty but represented as one assigned officer for budgeting). |
Confidence Notes
Estimates use analyst ranges from containment notes and standard archival/engineering pricing; many items (robotic rigs, heavy-storage, incident severity) have wide ranges producing moderate confidence. Baseline recurring costs are better defined than catastrophic one-time contingencies.