SCP-456
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high confidence
SCP-456
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$400K
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
3
One-time setup costs are approximately $400k for containment room retrofitting, equipment, and initial research setup; annual recurring operations are estimated at ~$1.78M/yr, driven primarily by staff wages, contingency/reserve funds, blood feeding supplies, and ongoing R&D/testing.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $400K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $1.8M/yr
Cost Scenarios
📊
Baseline
(baseline)
$1.8M/yr
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.
no_release
routine_monitoring
standard_research_activity
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Minor Incident
$1.8M/yr
Localized containment breach or staff exposure requiring targeted eradication and extra testing/overtime.
small_escape
staff exposure
localized fumigation
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Major Breach
$2.3M/yr
Building-level outbreak requiring full fumigation, medical treatment, large-scale remediation and legal/PR response.
widespread release
multiple exposures
multi-building remediation
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Political Exposure
$2.0M/yr
Public disclosure or regulatory investigation requiring major PR/legal campaigns and compensation.
media exposure
regulatory inquiry
public health investigation
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Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up
$2.1M/yr
Discovery that requires scaling up R&D (antidote development or mass mitigation), increasing annual research spend and staff.
promising_antidote_candidate
need_for_large-scale_trials
scale-up of mitigation production
Personnel
3 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist / Entomologist | 1 | [#9] Senior entomologist/curator responsible for colony oversight and experiments. |
| Technician | 2 | [#9] Two technicians for colony maintenance, feeding, monitoring and routine lab tasks. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for almost all cost categories (one-time and recurring); estimates are mid-range aggregates of those inputs, so confidence is high.