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SCP-290 Safe ? low confidence
SCP-290
Expected annual
$1.3M
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
6
First-year one-time capital costs are dominated by research setup and specialized sampling/robotics; ongoing annual costs are driven by staff wages, imaging/research time, security, and contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $840K
[#10, #11, #25] Initial specialized sampling/analysis program startup, autopsy-suite imaging upgrades, and upfront long-term R&D seed funding (program-level, multi-year contingency).
Equipment $237K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #8, #9, #12, #15] HVAC equipment, environmental sensors, surveillance suite, biosafety/decon hardware, access control, robotic manipulation hardware, specimen storage, and specialized transport equipment (mid-range selections).
Facilities $80K
[#1] Incremental fit-out of a 5x5x5 m reinforced sealed containment cell (thermal isolation, weld points, door interlocks) — mid-range reuse assumption.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Research And Monitoring $444K/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #21, #22, #25] Ongoing contracted analysis and sampling programs (~$100k/yr), imaging/autopsy imaging costs (~$100k/yr for ~10 tests), specimen storage/cataloging (~$4k/yr), specialized beamline/scanner time (~$150k/yr), robotic sampling repair/consumables (~$40k/yr), and recurring R&D program spend (~$50k/yr).
Staff Wages $416K/yr
[#6, #7, #20] Medical response staffing allocation (~$80k/yr), dedicated security allocation (3 guards @ $60k + training/clearance ≈ $186k/yr), and research/data-analysis personnel time (~$150k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#17] Legal, cover-story, and PR/liaison budget for clandestine procurement and local authority management (modest annual program maintenance).
Incident Response Reserve $100K/yr
[#19] Contingency/reserve fund for breaches, emergency repairs, rapid contractor procurement and legal actions (mid-range reserve within recommended 10–20% guidance).
Supplies And Consumables $47K/yr
[#5, #6, #13, #16] Biosafety consumables and PPE (~$10k/yr), per-test medical consumables (~$10k/yr), body disposition/hazard disposal (~$15k/yr for ~10 tests/yr), and general per-test expendables (~$12k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $42K/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #8, #23] HVAC electricity & maintenance (~$8k/yr), environmental sensor calibration (~$2k/yr), surveillance/storage maintenance (~$1.5k/yr), access control maintenance (~$1k/yr), and allocated site overhead/utilities (~$30k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $41K/yr
[#14, #15] D-class acquisition & transport/processing (~$40k/yr for ~10 tests) and maintenance/servicing of specialized patient-moving equipment (~$1k/yr).
Personnel Screening And Training $40K/yr
[#18] Background checks, psychological monitoring, counter-memetic training, and amnestic/contingency budgeting for a small access cohort.
Training And Sop $10K/yr
[#24] Annual updates to SOPs, training drills, and documentation maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing cadence (~10 tests/yr), no major incidents.
routine_testing scheduled_imaging planned_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized incident (equipment damage, medical emergency, failed sampling requiring replacement tools and extra imaging/analysis).
tool_failure medical_complication localized_contamination
🚨 Major Breach $2.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant security failure or containment breach requiring emergency response, repairs, large legal/amnestic actions, and program disruption.
unauthorized_interaction security_breach structural_damage
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#7] Three fully briefed guards required to flank aperture for any interaction; salaries and training included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 2 [#20] Scientific staff (anatomy/pathology/materials/physicist partials); combined FTEs covered in research/data-analysis staffing estimate.
Medical Officer 1 [#6] On-call/trained medic allocation for tests and trauma stabilization; part-time FTE reflected in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items derive from wide analyst ranges and high uncertainty around sampling success, long-term R&D choices, and breach likelihood; chosen midpoints are approximate and sensitive to testing cadence and program scope.
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