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SCP-8521 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-8521
Expected annual
$899K
One-time setup
$3.7M
Annual recurring
$729K
Personnel
6
One-time capital and contingency reserves dominate startup costs (notably optional MRI purchase), while recurring costs are driven by medical follow-up, specialist staffing, and administrative/cover-story overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.7M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.5M
[#12, #14, #17, #18] Capital MRI purchase and room work (option), EEG/PSG purchase, secure on-site compute/storage hardware, initial subject-tracking system development.
Long Term Disability Reserve $500K
[#21] One-time reserve for potential long-term disability / rehabilitation liabilities.
Scale Up Contingency Reserve $500K
[#31] One-time contingency reserve for scale-up (additional cells, trials, legal costs).
Facilities $90K
[#1, #5] Containment cell construction and HVAC/environmental control installation (reinforced 5x5 cell, HVAC, vibration damping).
Equipment $55K
[#2, #3, #8, #22, #24, #28] Nonferrous furnishings and medical fixtures, CCTV/audio/NVR installation, access-control hardware, amnestic cabinet/kit procurement, non-ferromagnetic transfer trolley, rapid-response kit (one-time purchase).
Conservation Assessment $3K
[#26] One-time professional textile/conservation assessment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $729K/yr
Staff Wages $287K/yr
[#7, #10, #11, #13, #25] Security staffing (2 guards assigned to wing), RN on-call (0.5 FTE approximated as on-call coverage), neurology/neuroimaging specialist (contract/FTE), MR technologist portion; also covers transfer staffing where applicable.
Subject Medical Followup And Treatment Fund $150K/yr
[#20] Reserve for post-use medical follow-up, imaging, medication, neuropsych therapy and short-term treatment of adverse neurological outcomes.
Long Term Disability Reserve Annualized $100K/yr
[#21] Annualized/amortized portion of long-term disability/reserve to smooth multi-year liabilities.
Research And Monitoring $39K/yr
[#12, #17, #18] Outsourced MRI operational hours (typical testing load), secure/cloud data storage/licensing & compute, subject-tracking system maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#23] Cover story maintenance, shell documents, legal counsel and OPSEC expenses.
Mri Service Contracts $25K/yr
[#13] MRI service/maintenance contracts, cryogen service contracts and regulatory compliance (applies if in-house or to cover outsourced arrangements).
Administrative Overhead $25K/yr
[#30] Site allocation of utilities, administrative salary apportionment, record filing, FOIA responses under cover.
Ethics Oversight $20K/yr
[#19] Ethics Committee and administrative review time for approvals and adverse-event adjudication.
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#15, #16, #27] EEG/PSG disposables & per-test consumables, general research/clinical supplies, routine chair/artifact maintenance budget.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#25] Transfer staffing/time, porter supervision, cleaning time incorporated into operational hours.
Rapid Response Replenishment And Training $8K/yr
[#28] Ongoing training and replenishment of rapid-response kits and supplies.
Security Audits Recurring $6K/yr
[#29] Periodic third-party audits and penetration testing of records and enforcement of the '3 uses' rule.
Access Control It Support $6K/yr
[#9] Ongoing licensing, software maintenance, secure backups and SysAdmin time for access-control and audit database.
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#4, #6] CCTV/audio storage/maintenance and environmental/HVAC operation & maintenance.
Amnestic Replacement And Training $5K/yr
[#22] Ongoing replacement of amnestic stocks, secure storage maintenance and refresher training.
Decontamination And Conservation Recurring $1K/yr
[#26] Recurring gentle cleaning and conservation maintenance for the textile/levers.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $729K/yr
85.0% probability / year
Routine year with outsourced MRI usage, regular testing (1–4 scans/month), no major incidents or purchases.
routine testing outsourced MRI hours no major adverse events
🚨 Adverse Neurological Event $1.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Multiple subjects develop severe/progressive neurological injuries requiring expanded treatment and long-term care in a given year.
cluster of severe post-use injuries increased hospitalizations expanded therapy and long-term care needs
🚨 Mri Purchase And Scale Up $3.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.6M vs baseline
Decision to acquire an in-house 3T MRI and scale research program, incurring capital purchase and elevated operating costs in the purchase year.
decision to purchase in-house MRI scale-up of longitudinal research 05-level directive to centralize imaging
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#7] Two guards assigned to the containment wing (rotation) to staff access control and transfers.
Research Scientist 1 [#11] Lead researcher / study PI coordinating tests, data collection, and protocols.
Medical Officer / RN 1 [#10] RN/EMT on-call during tests for immediate response and documentation (0.5 FTE coverage approximated as one on-call staff).
Neurology Specialist / Neuroradiologist 1 [#11] Neurology/neuroimaging specialist for MRI/EEG interpretation and adverse-event adjudication (contract or FTE).
MR Technologist 1 [#13] MR technologist coverage for scans and equipment operation (may be part-time or contracted).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but many items are optional (e.g., MRI capital purchase vs outsourcing) and ranges are broad; resulting annual estimates are moderately certain but contingent on choices about capital investment and realized incident rates.
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