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SCP-309 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-309
Expected annual
$249K
One-time setup
$230K
Annual recurring
$242K
Personnel
0.9
One-time capital and setup costs are modest (~$230k) for a secure glovebox, monitoring and IT; recurring annual costs (~$242k/year) are driven by staff wages, institutional overhead, research activities and insurance. Major cost drivers in adverse years are emergency response, forensic/medical work, and public-exposure/cover-up expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $230K
Emergency Incident Reserve $100K
[#19] One-time seed for an emergency/containment-breach reserve fund.
Equipment $88K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #15, #23] Purchase & installation of primary containment glovebox (#1), secondary tamper-proof vault (#2), access-control hardware (#3), CCTV and monitoring hardware (#4), specimen freezer (#15), and initial LIMS setup (#23).
Facilities $30K
[#22] Contingency capital for containment upgrades or lab modifications if SCP-309 requires larger-scale containment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $12K
[#24] SOP and initial training development and related one-time setup for approved handling procedures.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $242K/yr
Research And Monitoring $68K/yr
[#8, #13, #16, #23, #24, #27] D-class processing and per-subject costs (~$20,000/yr baseline), autopsy/pathology/imaging budget (~$15,000/yr), animal testing & research supplies (~$25,000/yr), LIMS maintenance (~$1,500/yr), refresher training (~$3,000/yr), IRB/ethical review (~$3,000/yr).
Staff Wages $59K/yr
[#5, #6, #7] 0.2 FTE senior researcher (~$20,000/yr), 0.5 FTE lab technician (~$30,000/yr), 0.2 FTE security allocation (~$9,000/yr).
Institutional Overhead $50K/yr
[#30] Pro-rated site overhead, admin, central security and space rental allocated to SCP-309.
Cover Story And Legal $18K/yr
[#17, #20] Internal legal/oversight and compliance (~$8,000/yr) and baseline public-relations/cover-up budget (~$10,000/yr).
Insurance And Liability $15K/yr
[#26] Incremental institutional insurance / liability premium for housing hazardous experimental object.
Logistics And Transport $11K/yr
[#14, #21, #7] Biohazard waste handling and incineration (~$5,000/yr), secure transport/transfer budget (~$5,000/yr), incremental transfer-related logistics (~$1,400/yr for on-call/security transfers).
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #28] PPE (~$2,500/yr), glovebox consumables (glove ports, filters) (~$2,500/yr), decontamination supplies (~$1,500/yr), miscellaneous consumables/tools (~$2,500/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#3, #4, #10, #15, #25] Recurring maintenance/retention: access-control maintenance ($200/yr), CCTV footage retention/monitoring (~$1,000/yr), glovebox service contract (~$3,000/yr), freezer electricity/monitoring (~$600/yr), incremental HVAC/negative-pressure power (~$1,500/yr).
Post Incident Forensic Reserve $2K/yr
[#29] Small annualized allocation toward potential forensic review / evidence-handling costs (major incidents budgeted in scenarios).
Psychological Support $2K/yr
[#18] Counseling/trauma support for staff exposed to traumatic incidents or imagery.
Security Oncall Transfers $1K/yr
[#7] On-call/per-transfer security costs (estimated 2 small transfers/year @ ~$700 each).
Medical Response Reserve $1K/yr
[#12] Expected annual allocation to cover occasional medical standby/OR readiness events (averaged across years).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $242K/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine research, no major incidents.
routine_research minor_supply_replacement
🚨 Minor Incident $267K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Small containment-related incident (e.g., animal accidentally contacts SCP-309) requiring medical standby, limited forensic work and local PR/cleanup.
animal_accidental_contact limited_medical_response local_pr_action
🚨 Major Incident $742K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or human-turning incident with major medical, forensic, legal and public-exposure response.
human_testing_accident containment_breach public_exposure
👥 Personnel 0.9 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Researcher 0.2 [#5] Fractional 0.2 FTE allocation for Level-4 approval and oversight.
Research Technician 0.5 [#6] 0.5 FTE for routine handling and experiments under glovebox.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.2 [#7] 0.2 FTE incremental security allocation for transfers/experiments (on-call additional guards per transfer).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a reasoned budget, but many items have wide ranges (per-incident costs, insurance, and institutional overhead). Uncertainty about experiment frequency and incident rates yields medium confidence.
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