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SCP-5067 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5067
Expected annual
$7.5M
One-time setup
$25.6M
Annual recurring
$7.2M
Personnel
53
Initial capital construction and equipment are concentrated in shielded containment, waste-storage capability, redundant power and specialized equipment (lasers, remote manipulators, detectors), producing an upfront cost of roughly $25.6M; recurring annual costs are driven by security staffing, technical staff wages, energy, waste/disposal and maintenance at about $7.20M/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $25.6M
Facilities $10.1M
[#5, #6, #7, #16, #18, #19, #20] Costed containment vault/hot-cell construction, HVAC installation, redundant power installation, initial licensed waste-storage/vitrification capability, shielded transport/routing setup, containment lighting installation and initial permitting/compliance fees; mid-range estimates used.
Legal And Liability Reserve $5.5M
[#21] Contingency reserve for liability/regulatory action and covert mitigation; mid-range of recommended $1M–10M reserve.
Equipment $4.5M
[#2, #3, #4, #8, #10, #11, #12, #13, #26, #27] One-time purchase of guard armament and PPE, lead-lined suits, dosimetry/readers, four high-power lasers and shielding, spectrometry suite, remote manipulators, radiation-hardened cameras/storage, servers/software, IT hardening, and spare parts pool.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.8M
[#24] One-time R&D/project contingency to design radiation-resistant tooling and initial repair/mitigation program (treated as a one-time project reserve / program cost).
Medical Reserve $1.0M
[#15] One-time reserve set aside for potential acute exposures/treatment/litigation as recommended (~$1M).
Public Safety Reserve $1.0M
[#25] Contingency reserve for potential relocation/compensation in a release scenario (recommended $1M+).
Initial Vetting Onboarding $750K
[#23] Upfront onboarding/vetting costs (~$5k–10k/person assumed for ~100 personnel).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.2M/yr
Staff Wages $4.8M/yr
[#1, #13, #14] Guard payroll (maintain 12 on duty → ~44 FTEs) plus data analysts/operators (2–4 FTE) and scientific staffing (4–8 FTE). Mid-range fully loaded salaries used and aggregated.
Research And Monitoring $395K/yr
[#8, #10, #11, #12, #13] Ongoing calibration, maintenance and consumables for lasers/irradiation systems, spectrometry calibration, remote-handling maintenance, radiation-hardened imaging/storage upkeep and other experimental monitoring costs (excludes salaries included in staff_wages).
Supplies And Consumables $348K/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #22] Consumables and recurring equipment upkeep: ammunition/maintenance/training recert, suit replacement/cleaning amortization, dosimetry consumables/calibration, PPE/filters/optics replacement.
Energy Costs $275K/yr
[#9] Electricity and fuel costs for continuous high-power lasers, bright lighting, HVAC, cooling and monitoring systems.
Facilities Maintenance $260K/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #19] Ongoing building maintenance, HVAC/filter testing/replacement, generator/UPS maintenance and fuel logistics, and containment lighting maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $225K/yr
[#16, #18] Ongoing radioactive waste disposal/manifesting and occasional specialized transport/routing costs for contaminated materials.
Decontamination And Incident Response $200K/yr
[#17] Retainer and consumables for hazmat/decon contractors, mobile hot-cell availability and incident response readiness.
Cover Story And Legal $175K/yr
[#21] Legal retainer / counsel and costs associated with liability/regulatory management on a recurring basis.
Medical Surveillance $130K/yr
[#15] Baseline periodic medical screening, specialist visits and ongoing health monitoring for at-risk personnel (excludes one-time reserve).
Vetting And Archive $125K/yr
[#23] Continuous background reinvestigations, polygraphs, secure archives and access control operations.
Replacement Spares Budget $100K/yr
[#27] Annual spare/repair budget for lasers, detectors and critical components.
Training And Compliance $100K/yr
[#20] Regular radiation/laser/security drills, training, audits, and permitting compliance costs.
Public Safety Planning $62K/yr
[#25] Ongoing interagency planning, evacuation coordination and public-safety liaison work.
It Operations $40K/yr
[#26] Ongoing cybersecurity, backups, forensic logging and air-gap maintenance operations.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.2M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with normal operations, maintenance and scheduled replacements only.
no incidents regular maintenance routine staffing levels
🚨 Minor Incident $8.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized contamination or equipment failure requiring contractor decontamination and limited replacement of components.
small contamination event laser or detector failure requiring replacements limited contractor decon
🚨 Major Breach $27.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Significant contamination, public exposure, major waste/litigation event or major breach requiring long-term remediation and potential public compensation.
major contamination or release public exposure/regulatory action long-term remediation/vitrification/relocation
🚨 Repair Attempt $10.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Decision made to attempt remote repair and full remediation via an R&D project and specialized tooling/testing.
policy decision to attempt repair R&D scale-up for radiation-resistant tooling simulated repair campaigns
👥 Personnel 53 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 44 Maintain 12 on duty at all times → ~44 FTEs (3 shifts + cover); salaries fully loaded are the primary driver of security wages.
Research Scientist 4 Senior nuclear engineers and radiation health physicists (subset of scientific staffing).
Radiation Health Physicist / Nuclear Engineer 2 Specialists for safety evaluations, monitoring and experimental oversight.
Data Analyst / Operator 3 Operators/analysts to record and review wavelength/frequency logs and telemetry (2–4 FTEs assumed).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are midpoints of ranges provided in analyst notes and incorporate contingency reserves; many line items have wide ranges (radiation waste, legal reserves, repair R&D and incident costs), producing moderate confidence rather than high.
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