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SCP-300 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-300
Expected annual
$114K
One-time setup
$51K
Annual recurring
$82K
Personnel
2
One-time setup (~$50.7k) for containment hardware and laboratory setup is modest; recurring annual costs (~$82.5k/yr) are driven by staff wages, analytical outsourcing, site overhead, security allocation, and depreciation/overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $51K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $22K
[#7, #8, #11] Laboratory-grade optical microscope/imaging system, microscale manipulators/micropipettes, and sealed micro-environment microscope stage (sealed stages/gloveboxes/manipulators).
Equipment $16K
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #6] Secure museum-grade storage cabinet, climate-control purchase, environmental monitoring hardware, electronic access installation, and video surveillance hardware (hardware/electronics/install).
Emergency Contingency Fund $5K
[#19] One-time reserved contingency fund for emergency cleanup/rapid response (seed fund).
Sop Development Initial $3K
[#18] Initial SOP development, approvals, and compliance processing (one-time drafting and review costs).
Secure Transfer Per Transfer $2K
[#16] Per-transfer cost estimate for armored courier/specialized packaging/insured shipping (per transfer).
Artifact Conservation Initial $2K
[#15] Initial conservator inspection/consultation for antique glass.
Facilities $0
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Analytical Instrument Purchase $0
[#10] Capital purchase of GC-MS/LC-MS/NMR/FTIR instruments is optional (range $150k–$1.2M); baseline assumes outsourcing so purchase cost set to 0 here.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $82K/yr
Staff Wages $27K/yr
[#12, #13] Pro-rated Level 3 Senior Researcher oversight (~$2,400/yr) and one research technician (part-time/full-time mix; budgeted ~$25,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $15K/yr
[#10] Ongoing analytical chemistry attempts outsourced/instrument time (budgeted conservatively for repeated runs).
Depreciation And Overhead $11K/yr
[#21] Depreciation, capital replacement, and contingency overhead (15% of direct recurring costs).
Security Allocation $10K/yr
[#14] Pro-rated share of site security staffing/escorts/emergency response allocation.
Facilities Maintenance $9K/yr
[#2, #4, #5] Climate-control electricity/maintenance, site space allocation/overhead, and electronic access admin/logging.
Cover Story And Legal $3K/yr
[#18, #20] Annual updates/audits to SOPs and legal/cover-story/records redaction/PR liaison costs.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#9] Consumables for microscopy experiments (slides, gloves, solvents) budgeted for periodic use.
Data Management $2K/yr
[#3, #6, #17] Environmental monitoring/cloud logging fees, secure footage storage retention, and archival of experiment records (images/video/metadata).
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
[#16] Annualized allocation for occasional secure transfers (averaged/year).
Emergency Contingency Replenishment $1K/yr
[#19] Annual replenishment allocation for contingency/cleanup fund if expended.
Artifact Conservation Recurring $600/yr
[#15] Periodic conservator checks/condition reports for the antique glass.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $82K/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine experimentation and containment as budgeted.
no_incident routine_experiments regular_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $90K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$8K vs baseline
Rare container breakage or lab contamination requiring emergency response, cleanup, conservator work, and administrative investigation.
bottle_breaks lab_cleanup emergency_conservator_response
🚨 Research Scale Up $397K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$315K vs baseline
Decision to purchase high-end analytical instrumentation and run intensive analysis campaigns.
purchase_spectrometer intensive_analytic_campaign installation_and_training
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Level 3 Senior Researcher 1 Pro-rated oversight (1 senior researcher providing approval/oversight; cost is a small pro-rated fraction of full salary included in staff_wages).
Research Technician 1 One technician (part-time to occasional full-time assumed for tasks, experiments, and maintenance; budgeted at ~$25k/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges; baseline staffing and recurring outsourcing assumptions are well-supported, but discretionary choices (instrument purchase vs outsourcing, frequency of experiments/transfers) introduce uncertainty, so medium confidence.
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