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SCP-461 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-461
Expected annual
$1.0M
One-time setup
$590K
Annual recurring
$996K
Personnel
4
First-year (setup + one year) costs driven by secure room construction, continuous guard staffing, and initial research/imaging campaigns; ongoing annual costs are dominated by continuous guard coverage, R&D salaries, and legal/overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $590K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $288K
[#13, #15] Initial advanced imaging campaign (major campaign) and specialized tooling/attempt-to-open equipment and safety engineering.
Contingency Seed $125K
[#19] One-time contingency reserve seed for accidental damage, remediation, or legal contingencies.
Facilities $117K
[#1, #8, #9] Secure containment room buildout and installation-level systems (HVAC and clean-agent fire suppression).
Equipment $31K
[#2, #3, #10, #16] Heavy-load pedestal/mounting hardware, CCTV/NVR camera infrastructure (one-time hardware), UPS/emergency power hardware, radiation survey/meters purchase.
Transport And Crating $12K
[#12] Initial secure transport, custom crating, rigging, and escorted pickup.
Access Control Setup $12K
[#6] One-time access control and vetting setup for a small authorized pool (cards/tokens, setup costs, initial background vetting pool setup).
Hazmat Setup $5K
[#11] HAZMAT SOPs, spill kits, initial training and disposal compliance setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $996K/yr
Staff Wages $640K/yr
[#4, #5, #14] Continuous Level 3 guard single-post coverage (three shifts + benefits/OT), central monitoring operator allocation, and R&D staff salaries (1–3 researchers/engineers).
Contingency Reserve $100K/yr
[#21] Annual reserve replenishment for unexpected anomalous behavior and emergency response (recommended 10–20% of operating budget).
Research And Monitoring $91K/yr
[#13, #17, #16] Ongoing imaging campaign budget (occasional contracted campaigns), data archival/indexing/analysis of daily five-minute feeds, and dosimetry services/calibration.
Cover Story And Legal $60K/yr
[#18] Legal counsel, cover-story expenses, counterintelligence and liaison costs.
Supplies And Consumables $31K/yr
[#14, #11] Lab consumables and small apparatus for R&D plus HAZMAT compliance inspections and consumables (PPE, spill kits, disposables).
Insurance Overhead $30K/yr
[#19] Annual site overhead allocation and insurance/liability premium allocation for anomalous-object program.
Shift Differential $25K/yr
[#7] Additional night-shift premiums and supervision costs due to GMT-based 03: 0activation requiring inconvenient shift schedules.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #20] HVAC and environmental system energy/maintenance, fire suppression inspection/certification, UPS maintenance/fuel testing, and routine small repairs/certifications.
Access Control Renewals $6K/yr
[#6] Annual renewals and administration for access control, background re-clearance, and credential management.
Camera Maintenance Storage $2K/yr
[#3] Ongoing CCTV storage, NVR maintenance, cybersecurity patching, and redundant storage costs.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $996K/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with only planned operations, monitoring, and scheduled maintenance.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled research/imaging
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Localized anomalous event or equipment failure requiring overtime, temporary lockdown, targeted imaging or repair, and limited legal/PR actions.
temporary anomalous emission equipment replacement overtime and targeted imaging
🚨 Major Breach $1.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant containment incident requiring large-scale emergency response: hazmat remediation, extended legal exposure, replacement/relocation, and major imaging/forensics.
containment breach hazardous release legal/political exposure
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#4] Single physical post at door (one guard present at any given time; three-shift staffing funded in wages).
Central Monitoring Operator 1 [#5] One operator (or fractional dedicated allocation) monitoring guard presence and camera feeds.
Research Scientist 2 [#14] Small R&D team (1–3 researchers/engineers funded; typical on-shift presence ~2 for active experiments/analysis).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based directly on analyst ranges in the notes; personnel and recurring wage figures (guarding, R&D) and the frequency/cost of imaging campaigns are the largest uncertainties, hence medium confidence.
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