SCP-2207
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-2207
Expected annual
$925K
One-time setup
$767K
Annual recurring
$879K
Personnel
11
Estimated one-time startup capital is approximately $767,100, with annual recurring operations around $879,400/year. Main cost drivers are personnel wages, emergency/incident readiness, remote robotics and actuation equipment, and research instrumentation/analysis.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $767K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $879K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$879K/yr
Normal uneventful year with containment maintained, testing suspended (minimal active research).
no incidents
testing suspended
routine maintenance and staffing
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Minor Incident
$979K/yr
Small containment incident requiring emergency response, limited repairs, and extra contracted analyses.
small breach or equipment failure
minor contamination or severed consumables
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Major Breach
$1.9M/yr
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring large-scale emergency response, legal/PR/cover-up actions, and major repairs/replacements.
major breach
public exposure / legal action
extensive equipment replacement
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Research Resumption
$1.2M/yr
Experimental program reactivates full-time testing and exploration campaigns, increasing consumables, contracted analysis, and temporary staffing.
testing resumes
active experimentation and expanded instrumentation use
Personnel
11 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Containment Lead / Senior Researcher | 1 | [#10] Senior researcher/physicist responsible for containment oversight and experiment approval. |
| Research Technician | 2 | [#10] Technicians to run tests, prepare samples, and operate monitoring equipment. |
| Mechanical / Robotics Engineer | 1 | [#10] Responsible for actuation rig, robotic handling systems, and equipment maintenance. |
| Containment Technician | 1 | [#10] Day-to-day containment maintenance, decontamination, and consumables handling. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 6 | [#10] Armed/security staff to cover shift rotations and site security; count reflects 24/7 coverage assumptions. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst-provided line-item ranges and detailed operational notes enable a bounded estimate; uncertainty remains in whether testing resumes, the scale/frequency of incidents, and the decision to purchase vs outsource instrumentation, so confidence is medium.