SCP-8621
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-8621
Expected annual
$6.8M
One-time setup
$18.6M
Annual recurring
$6.5M
Personnel
14
Initial one-time setup is approximately $18.6M driven by BSL-4 retrofit/new-build, hermetic aquatic chambers and an onsite high-temperature incinerator; ongoing annual costs are about $6.55M driven by staffing, MTF readiness, long-term research, and facility operations/maintenance.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $18.6M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $6.5M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$6.5M/yr
Normal operational year without major incidents; routine research, maintenance, and scheduled deployments.
no breach
scheduled research activity
routine MTF readiness
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Minor Incident
$6.8M/yr
Localized containment breach requiring a field deployment, targeted public messaging, extra lab cleanup and limited amnestic administration.
small breach or escape
single MTF deployment
localized media attention
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Major Breach
$11.5M/yr
Significant containment breach with public exposure requiring large-scale response, compensation, mass amnesticization and extended MTF operations.
public exposure
large-scale contamination
legal settlements and mass remediation
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Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up
$8.5M/yr
Scientific breakthrough necessitating accelerated research expansion, additional staff, and facility/equipment scale-up.
promising neutralizing agent discovery
urgent clinical/scale-up experiments
need for additional containment capacity
Personnel
14 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 4 | Lead scientists and postdocs conducting SCP-8621 experiments, data analysis, and protocol development; included in recurring staff wages. |
| BSL-4 Technician | 4 | Technical staff for wet-lab maintenance, enclosure operations, negative-pressure monitoring, PPE handling and routine sample processing; included in recurring staff wages. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 3 | On-site security complement for containment area, shift coverage and coordination with MTF; MTF readiness ops budgeted separately for deployments. |
| Medical Officer | 1 | On-call physician/veterinarian oversight for infected hosts, surgical support and medical monitoring; salaries included in staff wages. |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | Logistics, procurement and regulatory liaison support; included in staff wages. |
| Site Director / Executive Staff | 1 | Site-level leadership and oversight for containment and high-level coordination; included in staff wages. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a mid-confidence estimate; wide ranges for major capital items (BSL-4 build, incinerator, contingency/reserve sizing, MTF ops) and choice between onsite vs outsourced disposal generate remaining uncertainty.