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SCP-2796 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2796
Expected annual
$25K
One-time setup
$27K
Annual recurring
$24K
Personnel
1
One-time startup/capital is modest (~$26.6k) dominated by historical suppression costs and initial security/training; recurring annual costs are modest (~$24.2k/yr) driven by monitoring/suppression contingency, insurance/reserve, and facility/security allocations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $27K
Historical Legal Ops $15K
[#17] Sunk/historical suppression and legal response costs from original discovery; included as historical one-time figure (midpoint of $5k–25k).
Equipment $7K
[#2, #4, #5, #16, #18] Freezer/chest purchase & installation, initial containers/primary packaging and secondary containment, archival hardware (fireproof safe, scanning to air-gapped drives), initial spill kit and initial documentation duplication.
Background Checks And Training $3K
[#12] Initial background checks and training for authorized personnel (3–5 people) at ~$500–1,000/person; midpoint used.
Facilities $2K
[#1] Marginal capital fit-out for reserved low-temperature storage (shelving, secure cage, tamper-evident locks).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $24K/yr
Cover Story And Legal $7K/yr
[#14, #17] Automated monitoring/subscription and takedown/cover efforts plus a small ongoing contingency/reserve for follow-ups or minor suppression actions.
Insurance And Contingency $6K/yr
[#19] Internal risk reserve/contingency allocation for unexpected incidents, legal exposure, or suppression operations.
Research And Monitoring $4K/yr
[#13, #15] Linguistic/cryptographic analysis budget (ongoing consultant/analyst hours). Small-scale human testing not budgeted baseline (modeled in scenarios).
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#1, #11] Annual reserved site-space allocation for cold storage and marginal incremental low-level security/access-control costs.
Administrative Overhead $1K/yr
[#20] Marginal HR, payroll, facility management and site-level overhead attributable to SCP-2796.
Supplies And Consumables $950/yr
[#4, #8, #16] Replacement containers/consumables, PPE, labels, trays, desiccants, and annual spill-kit replenishment/inspection.
Background Checks And Training $600/yr
[#12] Annual refresher training and periodic reinvestigation costs for authorized personnel (3–5 people).
Equipment Maintenance And Amortization $575/yr
[#2] Freezer amortization (~10-year replacement) and annual service/maintenance contract.
Documentation Retention $350/yr
[#18] Periodic media refresh, verification and off-site archival maintenance for recipe/instruction backups.
Energy Costs $305/yr
[#3] Electricity for refrigeration (-20 °C chest freezer), plus generator fuel/UPS amortization and occasional generator runtime overhead.
Staff Wages $260/yr
[#6] Annual inspection personnel time: 2–4 hours/yr at fully-burdened lab tech rate plus travel overhead (midpoint).
Stock Refurbishment $240/yr
[#7] On-demand production runs to refresh stock (~50–60 L); assumed <1 refresh/yr (baseline expectation 0–1/yr), cost-per-refresh midpoint amortized into annual expectation.
Logistics And Transport $150/yr
[#10] Secure internal transport (site-to-site courier/escort) — infrequent marginal costs.
Waste Disposal $50/yr
[#9] Disposal/dissolution events (labor and occasional wastewater testing/fees). Baseline small allocation; large disposals modeled in scenarios.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $24K/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with annual inspections, routine monitoring, and no major incidents or testing campaigns.
annual_inspection no_stock_refresh routine_monitoring
🚨 Minor Leak $44K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
A small public leak or recipe dissemination requiring takedown/suppression, local legal response, and elevated operational activity.
public_recipe_leak online_content_takedown localized_suppression_campaign
🚨 Research Study $34K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
A small-scale controlled human-subject testing campaign (IRB-style study) is approved and executed.
IRB_approval small_clinical_study medical_monitoring
👥 Personnel 1 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / Lab Tech 1 [#6] One technician performs the annual inspection (2–4 hours/yr). Other authorized personnel (3–5) exist but their regular wages are not budgeted into the marginal staff_wages line; only inspection labor is included.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and rough cost ranges are well-documented in the analyst notes; however frequency of refreshes, probability of leaks, and contingency sizing are uncertain, so estimates are mid-range with medium confidence.
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