SCP-1998
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-1998
Expected annual
$956K
One-time setup
$660K
Annual recurring
$942K
Personnel
2.1
One-time setup costs are modest-to-moderate (~$660k) driven by lab setup and secure containment/equipment; annual operating costs are dominated by personnel, medical care, testing logistics, and contingency reserves (~$942k/yr).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $660K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $942K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$942K/yr
Normal year with scheduled testing and no major incidents.
routine testing
no major injuries
no breaches
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Minor Incident
$1.1M/yr
Serious subject injury or procedural failure requiring extra medical care and internal investigation.
subject severe injury
internal investigation
emergency medical response
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Major Breach
$1.7M/yr
Fatality, public exposure, or major misconduct prompting independent inquiry, legal action, and emergency research pivot.
subject death
independent inquiry
public/legal exposure
Personnel
2.1 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 1 | [#4] ~0.75–1.0 FTE armed security assigned to high-value locker; budgeted as one full equivalent for containment staffing. |
| Ethics Committee Representative | 0.1 | [#5] Senior Ethics rep presence for tests allocated as ~24 tests × 4 hours at senior hourly rate; equivalent ~0.1 FTE allocation. |
| IT Operator / Systems Admin | 0.5 | [#6, #2] Part-time operator for live broadcast, archival maintenance, and secure comms (~$10k–$20k/yr). |
| Medical Officer / Nursing (on-call) | 0.5 | [#8] ER physician/nursing staffing allocated per-test and annualized (~$50k/yr) equivalent to ~0.5 FTE on-call coverage. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and provide numeric ranges for nearly all items, but several items (R&D success, contingency usage, reserve sizing, exact staffing mixes) are uncertain, producing medium confidence in aggregated figures.