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SCP-3842 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3842
Expected annual
$67K
One-time setup
$288K
Annual recurring
$64K
Personnel
0.9
One-time containment, monitoring and research setup is estimated at $288,200 driven primarily by research/lab equipment, insurance reserve, and contingency. Recurring annual operations are modest at $64,300/year, driven by monitoring staffing, security overhead, and ongoing consumables/training.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $288K
Insurance Reserve $100K
[#17] Contingency / insurance reserve to cover accidental fire/damage, facility repairs, downtime and equipment replacement.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $75K
[#13, #14] Initial research/diagnostic program budget and laboratory-grade high-voltage test equipment, isolated benches and interlocks for experiments.
Legal And Coverup $30K
[#21] Legal/cover-up/public-relations budget for property remediation, settlements or managing civilian interactions from the original incident.
Contingency And Program Management $30K
[#24] Program management overhead and contingency reserve (recommended 10-20% of project-level costs).
Equipment $20K
[#2, #5, #6, #7, #8] Blast-/intrinsically-safe camera and integration, high-voltage monitoring instrumentation, smoke/temperature/micro-suppression system, UPS/redundant power, and initial remote-handling tooling/PPE purchase.
Facilities $16K
[#1, #3, #4, #18] Secure containment safe purchase and modifications, Faraday/EMI shielding, grounding/electrical isolation work, and secondary/backup safe location.
Training And Sop Development $10K
[#10] Development and delivery of ESD/high-voltage handling training, SOP writing and initial emergency response drill development (one-time development costs).
Transport Case And Protocol $4K
[#15] Rugged insulated Faraday-lined transport container, shock/ESD-protected packaging and protocol documentation, tamper-evident seals.
Regulatory Permits $2K
[#22] Local permits, inspections, fire marshal reviews and associated small fees and administrative labor for initial compliance.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $64K/yr
Staff Wages $40K/yr
[#11] Dedicated monitoring and response staffing allocation (proportional share of security/technician hours integrated into site monitoring and on-call response).
Site Security Overhead $10K/yr
[#12] Marginal annual allocation for site security overhead (badging, access control, background checks attributable to storing the item).
Medical Readiness $4K/yr
[#20] Medical readiness, training for high-voltage burns, drills, and specialized burn-care arrangements.
Research And Monitoring $3K/yr
[#10] Recurring refresher training and modest ongoing monitoring/research support (annual refresher training and SOP updates).
Data Logging And It $3K/yr
[#19] Secure data logging, encrypted/tamper-evident storage, off-site backups, and periodic audits.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#9, #23] PPE maintenance and dielectric testing of gloves/tools, replacement gloves, camera/sensor parts, batteries, seals and routine consumables.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#16] Average annual allocation for occasional secure transport moves (per-move cost amortized to an annual figure).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $64K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine monitoring, maintenance, and occasional training but no containment incidents.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled training
🚨 Minor Incident $89K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Minor contained ignition or small failure during handling requiring repairs, sensor/camera replacement, short downtime and targeted investigation.
small ignition inside safe localized equipment damage short research interruption
🚨 Major Incident $214K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Significant containment failure or experiment-caused fire leading to facility damage, extended downtime, insurance/legal activations and heavy repairs/replacements.
experiment-triggered fire containment breach with property damage
👥 Personnel 0.9 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.5 Shared allocation for monitoring and on-call response; maps to staff wage allocation [#11].
Research Scientist 0.1 Fractional oversight for experiments, SOP review and incident analysis; allocated from staff_wages [#11].
Technician / Maintenance 0.2 Performs dielectric testing, equipment maintenance and assists with transfers; allocated fractionally [#9, #8, #11].
Administrative Staff 0.1 Permits, logs, audits and records management support tied to site overhead [#12, #22].
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line items and realistic cost ranges for equipment, training and operations, but large discretionary items (insurance reserve, legal/PR, depth of research) introduce uncertainty, so confidence is medium.
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