SCP-2325 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2325
Expected annual
$2.5M
One-time setup
$3.9M
Annual recurring
$2.4M
Personnel
9
One-time setup is approximately $3.86M driven by construction of a deep reinforced testing vault and contingency for containment upgrades; ongoing annual costs are approximately $2.39M, driven by specialist staff wages, D-class procurement, insurance/reserve and recurring research/access costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M
Facilities $1.9M
[#2] Deep underground/concentric reinforced testing vault construction (excavation, blast doors, HVAC, containment layers, sacrificial target area).
Contingency Containment Upgrades $1.0M
[#23] Contingency fund for major containment upgrades if anomalous behavior escalates (active fields, remote disabling tech, expanded vaults).
Equipment $556K
[#1, #3, #10, #11, #13, #18, #19] Secure storage cases and EM-shielded hat box; high-speed and streak/femtosecond imaging; remote-firing rigs, firearms and capture hardware (initial); initial containment monitoring hardware/geofencing integration; spare containment hardware kit; initial specialized PPE; initial IT/high-bandwidth storage hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#4] Baseline materials-characterization instrumentation/access, sample-prep fixtures and protective fixtures, specialist setup costs for SEM/TEM/XRD/Raman baseline capability.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr
Staff Wages $870K/yr
[#5, #6] Materials-science specialists (crystallographers, condensed-matter physicists, photonics experts) and incremental site security/technician FTEs to run tests and escorts.
Insurance And Risk Reserve $500K/yr
[#20] Annualized risk reserve/insurance allocation for catastrophic containment failure, structural repairs, large-scale medical liabilities and cleanup.
Supplies And Consumables $286K/yr
[#7, #18, #10] D-class procurement/transport/vetting and per-test expendables; recurring PPE consumables/replacements; recurring ammunition/maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $207K/yr
[#4, #9, #14, #22, #25] Ongoing materials-characterization campaigns (contract beamline access portion), forensic/pathology lab time and consumables, periodic advanced external facility access for analysis, long-term archiving and routine calibration/servicing of instrumentation.
Morgue And Biohazard Disposal $200K/yr
[#8] Morgue operations, autopsies, hazardous waste disposal/cremation or deep burial; estimated per-test disposal costs aggregated annually.
Specialist Contracting Contingency $100K/yr
[#24] Budget for ad-hoc contracting of specialist physicists, national labs or private vendors for rapid-response engagements.
Cover Story And Legal $75K/yr
[#15] Annual budget for media denial, cover stories, legal counsel and OPSEC activities for routine incidents and small exposures.
Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr
[#2, #25] Routine upkeep of vault/HVAC, HEPA/negative-pressure systems, and annual service contracts for environmental systems.
Logistics And Transport $38K/yr
[#11, #16] Recurring monitoring/geofencing maintenance and per-transfer costs for armored/GPS-tracked transfers and escorted transport.
Administrative And Ethics Oversight $30K/yr
[#21] Ethics committees, Level-3 clearance processing, testing protocol review and administrative overhead.
Psychological Services $20K/yr
[#26] Counseling for staff exposed to lethal testing, turnover, retraining and related HR costs.
Emergency Response And Drills $15K/yr
[#17] Regular emergency exercises, incident-response team readiness, decon supplies and PPE stock.
It And Secure Data Maintenance $8K/yr
[#19] Ongoing maintenance, backups and classified storage costs for high-bandwidth high-speed footage and secure replication.
Environmental Control $4K/yr
[#12] Small climate cabinet/dedicated locker HVAC upkeep, antistatic and dust control consumables.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal year with scheduled testing, routine maintenance, ongoing research access and no major incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $2.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Small public exposure or localized containment incident requiring additional legal/PR action, extra external analyses, and limited emergency repairs.
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🚨 Major Breach $4.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or accidental large-scale damage requiring mobilization of reserves, structural repairs, mass medical response and major cleanup.
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🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $4.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.7M vs baseline
Discovery prompts rapid scale-up: major external campaigns, procurement of specialized instrumentation and accelerated contracting for reverse-engineering.
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👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 Materials-science specialists (crystallography, condensed-matter, photonics) cleared to Level-3; estimated average total comp ~ $140k/yr. [#5]
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 Incremental guard coverage for lockers, testing escorts and transfers; estimated ~$50k/yr per FTE. [#6]
Technician / Operator 2 Technicians to operate vault systems, sensors, remote-firing rigs and test apparatus; estimated ~$80k/yr per FTE. [#6]
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of broad analyst ranges; many line items (external beamline time, containment upgrades, insurance/reserve usage) are highly scenario-dependent which reduces precision. Staffing and routine operational costs are better defined, giving medium overall confidence.
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