[#1, #2, #8, #19, #20, #21] Reinforced containment chamber, BSL‑4/hot-cell upgrades or build, installed HVAC/scrubbers, decon facility, primary power/generator/UPS installation, and site purchase/site prep (mid-range choices used).

[#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10, #14, #25] Initial purchase of radioactive casks & handling hardware, hardened drone fleet, teleoperated manipulators, radiological monitoring hardware, PPE sets, secure transport container(s), armored vehicle(s), hardened data servers, and records-vault hardware (consolidated equipment costs).

[#16] One-time contingency/escrow reserve seed to fund major remediation, lawsuits, or protracted cleanup (mid-range seed chosen).

[#27] Dedicated emergency remediation and environmental cleanup contingency reserve (one-time fund).

[#24] Initial investigation/disablement R&D startup and lab instrumentation for early experimental campaigns (startup R&D budget).

[#15] Initial legal/cover-story creation and incident-preparation legal counsel seed fund.

[#11, #13] Permanent on-site security payroll and a dedicated research team (security payroll ~875k fully-burdened; research team ~1.5M fully-burdened).

[#12] Standby maintenance, training, equipment readiness, and aerial support budget for a specialized containment/neutralization team.

[#6, #17, #24] Ongoing radiological system calibration/maintenance, long-term sample analysis and research program, and continuing disablement R&D operations.

[#4, #23] Annual budget for drone attrition, replacement and iterative redesign due to hostile environment (merged fleet replacement/attrition budgets).

[#8, #20, #21, #25] HVAC/filtration maintenance and energy, generator fuel/maintenance, site lease/property taxes, and recurring records-vault maintenance/inspection.

[#26] Employee counseling services plus hazard-pay/retention incentives for high-stress, high-risk duties.

[#19] Ongoing medical surveillance, bioassays, dosimetry, and occupational health testing for exposed workers.

[#7, #18] PPE consumable replacements and general consumables/filters/batteries/seals for drones, robots, and hot-cells.

[#15, #28] Legal retainer, PR/cover-story maintenance, and liaison/permit/expedite budgets.

[#3] Recurring costs for characterization, transport and repository fees per contamination/disposal events (low-to-mid estimate per-year average).

[#10] Drivers/escort operating costs and logistics for secure transport (annual escort/operation budget).

[#14] Annual ops, telemetry processing, secure backups, and encrypted archive maintenance.

[#16] Ongoing insurance/premiums or equivalent financial provisioning (where applicable).

[#22] Regular drills, scenario exercises, and contracted training design/execution.