SCP-608 — SCP-608 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-608 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-608

Expected annual

$2.1M

One-time setup

$1.4M

Annual recurring

$2.1M

Personnel

Initial capital to build a purpose-fit vacuum/magnetic-levitation containment suite is roughly $1.4M, driven by custom mag-lev, vacuum systems, and specialized instrumentation. Recurring yearly costs are about $2.11M, dominated by staff wages, ongoing research, contingencies, and facility overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M

Equipment $940K

[#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #8, #9] Vacuum containment chamber, high-vacuum pumping system, magnetic levitation hardware, UPS/generator, vacuum-compatible instrumentation, remote manipulators, and particle-analysis instruments (capital equipment).

Facilities $150K

[#6, #14] HVAC modifications, emergency venting, isolation antechamber, and physical-security/site retrofits (one-time construction/structural work).

Decon Per Incident Estimate $100K

[#19] Representative per-incident external hazmat/cleanup cost (not annual; typical one-off incident cost estimate).

Spares Initial $75K

[#17] Initial critical spare components budget (pumps, controllers, coils, sensors) stocked onsite.

Transport Container $60K

[#22] Fabrication of specialized non-contact transport container/rig for secure movement of SCP-608.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K

[#20] Initial research compute, software/licenses, and lab bench/integration work to start experiments and modeling (one-time setup for research).

Ppe Initial $30K

[#10] Initial purchase of specialized PPE, emergency suits, decontamination equipment, and vacuum-rated toolsets.

Seals Initial Stock $12K

[#7] Initial stock of vacuum seals, feedthroughs, O-rings, viewports and similar consumables.

Cryogenics Equipment $0

[#16] Optional superconducting/cryogenic equipment (one-time). Set to $0 baseline here; included as a conditional scenario.

Emergency Response Fund Initial $0

[#18] One-time upfront emergency reserve (option not funded up-front in baseline).

Disposal Rnd Seed $0

[#25] Optional up-front seed for neutralization/disposal R&D (set to $0 baseline; large multi-year project funding handled in scenarios if chosen).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr

Staff Wages $890K/yr

[#11, #12, #13, #14] Full-time containment technicians (5 FTE), magnetics/controls engineer (1 FTE), research scientists/lead researchers (2 FTE), and security staffing (2 FTE). Includes benefits, overtime availability and on-call maintenance support.

Research And Monitoring $500K/yr

[#20, #9] Long-term research, experiments, compute time, modeling, and monitoring programs to study fractal-state physics and halo analysis.

Contingency Reserve $200K/yr

[#18] Annual allocation to an emergency/repair reserve for evacuations, rapid repairs and incident-response costs.

Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr

[#21] Ongoing cover-story administration, PR/legal counsel, recordkeeping and administrative costs to maintain plausible deniability.

Annual Overhead $100K/yr

[#26] Facility overhead: pro-rated space, admin, janitorial, building insurance and general building costs.

Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr

[#4, #6, #14] Routine maintenance for HVAC, generator/UPS maintenance and servicing of structural containment systems.

Amortization Reserve $60K/yr

[#27] Annual equipment replacement/amortization reserve for pumps, electronics and other capital.

Supplies And Consumables $51K/yr

[#5, #7, #9, #10] Ongoing instrument support/calibration, consumable seals/feedthrough replenishment, particle-instrument calibration, and expendable PPE/consumables.

Spares Restocking $30K/yr

[#17] Annual restocking budget for critical spares (pumps, controllers, coils, sensors).

Decontamination Retainer $30K/yr

[#19] Annual retainer/contract for external hazmat cleanup teams to ensure rapid response capability.

Insurance And Compliance $30K/yr

[#23] Regulatory compliance, permits, inspections and insurance-related ongoing costs.

Energy $25K/yr

[#15] Power for continuous pumps, electromagnets, HVAC and occasional generator fuel for outages.

Training And Drills $20K/yr

[#24] Regular training, evacuation drills and personnel certification for vacuum and containment safety.

Logistics And Transport $15K/yr

[#22, #19] Expected annualized transport logistics and occasional per-move costs; includes small annual allocation for secure transfers and ad-hoc transport-related expenses.

Cryogenics Operating $0/yr

[#16] Ongoing cryogen costs/maintenance for superconducting option (set to $0 baseline; included in scenario if chosen).

Disposal Rnd Allocation $0/yr

[#25] Ongoing allocation for neutralization/disposal R&D; set to $0 baseline (project funded in scenario only).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal operating year with no major incidents; standard research and operations continue.

no_incidents scheduled_maintenance routine_research

🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$175K vs baseline

Localized containment issue or small vacuum breach requiring targeted cleanup, part replacement and downtime.

seal_or_feedthrough_failure minor_vacuum_leak limited_particle_release

🚨 Major Breach $3.6M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Prolonged containment failure or superpressurization event causing large-scale evacuation, major cleanup and equipment replacement.

extended_power_failure catastrophic_vacuum_or_maglev_failure superpressurization_event

👥 Personnel 10 total

Role	Count	Notes
Containment Technician	5	[#11] 24/7 monitoring and hands-on containment technicians (vacuum / mag-lev trained).
Magnetics/Controls Engineer	1	[#12] System maintenance, tuning of mag-lev controls and vacuum servicing (on-site or dedicated contractor equivalent).
Research Scientist / Lead Researcher	2	[#13] Physicists/materials scientists leading experiments and modeling.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#14] On-site security staffing for controlled access and transport security.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are built from detailed engineering and operational line items supplied by the analyst; ranges remain wide for custom mag-lev, R&D scope and incident costs, so confidence is medium rather than high.

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