SCP-3238 — SCP-3238 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3238 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3238

Expected annual

$3.2M

One-time setup

$3.2M

Annual recurring

$2.8M

Personnel

Initial capital outlay for secure vault, shielding, remote-handling, and specialized suppression systems drives up-front costs (~$3.2M). Ongoing yearly costs are dominated by staff wages, psychological/communications programs, insurance/retainers and preparedness (~$2.81M/yr), while occasional incidents can add millions.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.2M

Contingency Destruction Or Relocation $1.0M

[#25] Budgeted option for secure entombment/demolition (lower bound of major one-time disposal scenarios).

Facilities $450K

[#1, #5] Secure storage vault construction, blast/heat-resistant walls, hermetic seals and installed structural mitigations.

Fire Suppression And Gas Scrubbing $300K

[#5] Active inert-gas purge, scrubber system, remote thermal monitoring and heat-resistant containment systems.

Field Containment Trailer $300K

[#13] Procurement of mobile decon trailers, portable shielding panels and containment trailers.

Testing Restart Reserve $250K

[#26] Reserved funds to safely restart prioritized testing programs when cleared.

Remote Handling Glovebox $200K

[#3] Sealed glovebox, robotic manipulators, CCTV and redundant fail-safes.

Analytical Instrumentation $150K

[#22] Purchase of GC-MS / spectrometers / radiochemistry instrumentation or capital to partially outfit an in-house testing rig.

Radiation Shielding And Survey Equipment $125K

[#4] Portable/fixed gamma spectrometers, Geiger counters, survey meters, badges and hot-cell access provisioning.

Web Crawler Development $125K

[#12] One-time development for automated detection, false-positive filtering and geolocation correlation tools.

Specialized Shipping Containers $60K

[#21] Certified shielding transport containers and one-time procurement of specialized containers.

Ppe Purchase $50K

[#7] Initial full-body HazMat suits, SCBA, lead aprons, dosimeters, decon station equipment and disposables stock.

Simulation Setup $50K

[#23] One-time modeling software, hazard-plume setup and initial simulation building.

Forensic Initial Setup $50K

[#16] One-time tooling for forensic investigations, initial surveillance asset purchases and covert ops setup.

Inert Atmosphere Enclosure $25K

[#2] Backfill capability installation (nitrogen/argon), sensors and redundant supply lines.

Legal Pr Initial Setup $20K

[#20] Initial setup for legal/PR toolkits, evidence-suppression infrastructure and liaison channels.

Amnestics Initial Stock $20K

[#15] Initial procurement of Class-C amnestics stock and initial equipment for administration.

Equipment $0

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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.8M/yr

Staff Wages $960K/yr

[#9, #10, #12, #8] Salaries & benefits for containment scientists/technicians, on-site security, web/monitoring analysts and medical officer support.

Insurance And Liability Retainer $500K/yr

[#19] Covert liability/hush-money fund contributions and contingency reserve.

Psychological Operations Program $300K/yr

[#27] Recurring costs for false-memory implantation program staffing, reinterviews and program maintenance.

Web Crawler Operations $150K/yr

[#12] Cloud costs, SOC-style monitoring, analyst salaries and triage operations for 'dado juice' detection.

Analytical Contracts And Staff Time $150K/yr

[#22] Contract studies, sample testing and staff time allocated to analytical work (testing currently suspended but budgeted).

Forensic Poi Tracking Ongoing $100K/yr

[#16] Ongoing PoI surveillance, intelligence work and tracking retainer costs.

Communications Blackout And Takedown Ops $100K/yr

[#28] Ongoing digital takedown capability, contractors and active monitoring to suppress online mentions.

Medical Surveillance Program $80K/yr

[#8] Baseline & periodic medical exams, biodosimetry, occupational monitoring and treatment stock rotation.

Hazardous Waste Contract Retainer $50K/yr

[#6] Standing contractor retainer for specialized hazardous and radioactive disposal.

Evacuation Fund Retainer $50K/yr

[#14] Annual reserve/retainer to coordinate evacuations and temporary sheltering with civilian authorities.

Amnestics Program Reserve $50K/yr

[#15] Ongoing procurement, administration training and monitoring for Class-C amnestics & follow-up procedures.

Environmental Longterm Monitoring $50K/yr

[#17] Long-term radiological/chemical monitoring and periodic area surveys after contamination events.

Medical Emergency Fund $50K/yr

[#18] Standing fund for acute treatment of exposed civilians/agents pending reconciliation per-incident.

Fire Suppression Maintenance $30K/yr

[#5] Consumables, scrubber cartridges, purge system testing and heat-sensor maintenance.

Legal Pr Retainer $30K/yr

[#20] Ongoing legal and counter-public-relations retainer and minimal active suppression monitoring.

Mtf Readiness Retainer $25K/yr

[#11] Readiness, rapid-deploy kit upkeep and annual training/short-notice exercise funding (activation costs handled per-incident).

Radiation Calibration And Badges $20K/yr

[#4] Calibration contracts, replacement sensors and dosimetry badge turnover.

Ppe Replacement $20K/yr

[#7] Routine replacement of disposable suits, HEPA filters and consumables for drills/incidents.

Field Trailer Maintenance $20K/yr

[#13] Trailer and mobile unit upkeep, generator service and portable shielding repairs.

Transport Annual Estimate $20K/yr

[#21] Routine certified transport runs, vehicle upkeep and paperwork overhead.

Simulation Drills And Updates $20K/yr

[#23] Annual drills, model updates and joint exercises with emergency services.

Inventory Audit $20K/yr

[#24] Annual audits, chain-of-custody bookkeeping and offsite backups.

Remote Handling Maintenance $10K/yr

[#3] Maintenance, calibration and spare parts for manipulators/glovebox and CCTV.

Inert Gas Maintenance $2K/yr

[#2] Annual gas topping-off, regulator replacement and basic sensor upkeep.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.8M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine maintenance, staffing and monitoring only.

no_ingestion_events standard_drills routine_audits

🚨 Minor Incident $3.3M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Single localized ingestion event requiring MTF activation, limited remediation, medical treatment for a small number of casualties and amnestics administration.

single_ingestion_event local_evacuations small_scale_remediation

🚨 Major Incident $12.8M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Large urban ingestion or contamination event (casino/fulfillment center scale) triggering multi-day emissions, mass casualties, long-term remediation, major legal/PR response and large-scale amnestic operations.

multi-site_contamination mass_casualties major_remediation_and_legal_actions

👥 Personnel 13 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Technician	4	[#9, #22] Containment scientists/technicians trained in radiation handling, remote ops and anomalous artifacts; included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / On-site Guard	6	[#10] 24/7 armed security presence for vault access control; included in staff_wages.
Web Analyst / Monitoring Specialist	2	[#12] Analysts triaging web-crawler hits and geolocation; included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer	1	[#8, #18] Medical surveillance and readiness support; included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Line-item ranges were provided for most categories allowing reasonable point estimates, but many large incident costs are highly uncertain (per-event wide ranges and scenario-dependent), so overall confidence is medium.

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