SCP-3097
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-3097
Expected annual
$639K
One-time setup
$528K
Annual recurring
$628K
Personnel
8
First-year setup and capital costs are estimated at $527,750, driven primarily by a reinforced indoor testing chamber, facility upgrades, robotics and equipment, and several contingency reserves; ongoing annual operations are estimated at $628,150/yr, dominated by research staff wages, animal care, security and legal/insurance costs.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $528K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $628K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$628K/yr
Normal uneventful year with routine testing and no major incidents.
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no_breaches
standard_maintenance
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Minor Incident
$648K/yr
Small-scale incident (e.g., an experiment requires extra repairs or additional vet care) with limited damage.
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additional_veterinary_care
minor_equipment_replacement
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Major Breach
$828K/yr
Containment complication with one or more enlarged animals escaping containment requiring recapture and moderate legal/repair costs.
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extended_recapture_operation
structural_repair_and_legal_fees
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Catastrophic Breach
$1.6M/yr
Severe multi-instance breach or public-exposure incident requiring neutralization, major repairs and large legal settlements.
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public_exposure
major_structural_failure
Personnel
8 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist (PI) | 1 | Lead investigator; salary and benefits included in research personnel costs [#17]. |
| Research Assistant | 2 | Experiment design and data analysis support; included in research personnel costs [#17]. |
| Technician / Lab Technician | 1 | Equipment operation, maintenance, and test setup; included in research personnel costs [#17]. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 2 | Testing-session security presence and rapid-response capability; staffing cost allocation included in staff wages [#16]. |
| Animal Handler / Trainer | 1 | Handles dog subjects, training and welfare monitoring; salary included in staff wages [#14]. |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | Coordinates scheduling, compliance paperwork and institutional reviews; cost captured in administrative overhead [#19]. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for most costs, but several line items (incident reserve sizes, staffing benefit rates, and breach frequency/severity) are uncertain; medium confidence reflects good granularity for budgeting but remaining uncertainty over rare high-cost incidents and staffing/benefit assumptions.