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SCP-4367 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4367
Expected annual
$582K
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$573K
Personnel
3
Up-front capital (locker retrofit, gyroscopic suspension, redundancies and equipment) dominates one-time costs (~$1.14M). Recurring costs are primarily research staff wages, site overhead, maintenance and legal/cover operations (~$572.8K/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Equipment $495K
[#2, #3, #4, #6, #8, #11, #16] Primary active gyroscopic suspension, redundant catcher/secondary suspension, UPS/generator purchase & install, seismic-rated transport case, remote mechanical handling hardware, monitoring installation (split), and initial wearable biometric purchase. Sum reflects midpoints of analyst ranges and inclusion of installation/integration costs.
Facilities $300K
[#1] Structural/seismic reinforcement and installation labor for Site-77 containment locker to accept suspension and dampers (M7.0 rating).
Incident Response Reserve $175K
[#22] Contingency reserve for emergency repair/replacement, rapid procurement and overtime during incidents (midpoint of analyst reserve range).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K
[#14] Experimental rigs, high-speed cameras, environmental controls, RNGs, software licenses and initial lab consumables for testing program.
Decontamination Planning $42K
[#24] Legal/environmental approvals, planning and staged trials for disposal/decontamination contingencies.
Forensic Provenance Research $35K
[#21] Project-based archival/provenance work (travel, records, genealogical research) to trace origin of object and pamphlet.
Initial Training And Sop Development $16K
[#18] Initial training, SOP development and initial drills setup (one-time component of item #18).
Initial Vetting And Comms Setup $16K
[#26] Initial background checks/vetting and secure communications setup for personnel with access (one-time portion of item #26).
Artifact Conservation $5K
[#20] Conservation, high-resolution scanning and controlled archival storage of accompanying pamphlet.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $573K/yr
Staff Wages $275K/yr
[#13] Small research program salaries + fringe: 1PI, 1 postdoc/tech, 1 data scientist (part-time) to operate testing and analysis (midpoint of analyst range).
Facilities Maintenance $136K/yr
[#5, #9, #10, #23] Fuel/generator maintenance and service contracts (#5), routine spare parts and maintenance for suspension/manipulators (#9), continuous power consumption (#10), and pro-rated Site-77 housing/overhead (#23).
Cover Story And Legal $78K/yr
[#19, #26] Annual legal/cover story/public-relations contingency (#19) plus recurring communications security/personnel monitoring (#26).
Research And Monitoring $44K/yr
[#11, #12, #15, #17, #18] Recurring monitoring/video storage (#11 split), secure data storage & sysadmin (#12), medical screening & on-call support (#15), psychological counseling & oversight (#17), and recurring drills/refresher training (#18 ongoing portion).
Logistics And Transport $33K/yr
[#7] Secure transfer/transport operations (per-move recurring). Assumes ~2 movements/year at midpoint per-move cost (midpoint $16,500 x 2 = $33,000); adjust with actual movement frequency.
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#25] Gloves, lubricants, fasteners, calibration shims, test media and other shop consumables.
Incident Mitigation Responses $3K/yr
[#27] Expected annualized small-scale public/incident mitigation (witness interviews, buyouts). Figure is a low-probability annualized average (midpoint per-incident * assumed low incident rate).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $573K/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, maintenance, research and no major incidents.
routine_maintenance scheduled_testing no_system_failures
🚨 Minor Incident $608K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$35K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or brief suspension glitch requiring expedited repairs, spare parts replacement and overtime; minor public mitigation if transport affected.
suspension_partial_failure motor/bearing replacement short_power_outage during movement
🚨 Major Breach $1.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$625K vs baseline
Significant failure or containment-related incident requiring full replacement/overhaul of suspension, emergency relocation and substantial legal/cover operations.
primary_and_secondary_failure contact_with_surface / damage public_exposure or regulatory/legal action
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / PI 1 Lead researcher supervising experiments and analysis (part of #13 salaries).
Research Technician / Postdoc 1 Hands-on test operator and maintenance liaison (part of #13 salaries).
Data Scientist / Statistician (part-time) 1 Part-time data analysis/statistics support; counted as one head for rostering though fractionally funded (part of #13 salaries).
📋 Confidence Notes
Cost ranges in analyst notes are explicit but broad; several assumptions were required (movement frequency, failure probabilities, midpoint selections). Technical integration and site-specific labor rates introduce uncertainty, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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