SCP-8267
Safe
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medium confidence
SCP-8267
Expected annual
$10.6M
One-time setup
$30.5M
Annual recurring
$10.1M
Personnel
25
One-time capital and remediation costs are large (tens of millions) dominated by demolition, remediation, and contingency reserves; annual recurring costs are driven by continuous maritime surveillance (vessel charters), contracted naval enforcement, and on-site personnel resulting in a baseline ~ $10.1M/yr.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $30.5M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $10.1M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$10.1M/yr
Normal year with continuous surveillance, routine maintenance, staffing, and monitoring with no major incidents or demolition.
no major contamination detected
no demolition authorized
steady-state surveillance operations
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Minor Incident
$12.8M/yr
Localized contamination or recovery incident requiring a salvage campaign, targeted remediation, an investigation, and an emergency MTF deployment.
localized leak or sample breach
small-scale recovery/salvage operation
incident investigation & targeted remediation
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Major Demolition And Remediation
$28.6M/yr
Authorization and execution of controlled demolition of Area-85 combined with large-scale remediation and heavy salvage; major one-time capital draws during the year.
authorization to demolish facility
widespread contamination found
major heavy-lift salvage and long-term remediation required
Personnel
25 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 6 | [#10, #7, #16] Scientists for chemical/biological analysis and experiments; salaries/benefits accounted in staff_wages. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 10 | [#2, #16] On-site armed security teams covering rotating shifts; wages/hazard pay included in staff_wages. |
| Engineer / Maintenance (ROV pilots & divers) | 6 | [#5, #17, #16] Technical crew: ROV pilots, saturation divers and equipment technicians; training and operations costs mapped to recurring and one-time categories. |
| Administrative Staff | 2 | [#16, #22] Administrative and logistics support for contracting, permits and cover-story coordination; costs in staff_wages and cover_story_and_legal. |
| Site Manager / Executive Staff | 1 | [#16] Senior site manager responsible for operations oversight; salary included in staff_wages. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many line-item ranges and reasonable cost drivers (vessel charters, demolition, remediation, ROVs), but broad ranges and unknown hazard properties produce material uncertainty in chosen point estimates and scenario frequencies.