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SCP-9071 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-9071
Expected annual
$65K
One-time setup
$38K
Annual recurring
$65K
Personnel
2
One-time setup costs are modest (~$38k) driven by a secure locker and a small testing-room retrofit; recurring annual costs (~$64.6k/yr) are dominated by research staffing, legal/insurance allocations, contingency reserves, and facility maintenance/audits.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $38K
Facilities $16K
[#1, #5] Secure Safe-class locker installation and testing-room retrofit (structural/room work).
Equipment $13K
[#2, #3, #4, #14, #19, #13] Access-control & logging hardware and integration; CCTV reconfiguration hardware; non-visual tamper sensors; opaque transport materials; one-time IT rule addition; one-time archival/conservation materials.
Conservation Recovery Contingency $6K
[#23] Contingent fund for conservation, recovery, or forensic analysis of the object if damaged or tampered with.
Sop Development And Signage $2K
[#6] Drafting, legal review, layout, and signage for SOPs / memetic safety protocols.
Initial Training Rollout $1K
[#7] Site-wide initial training rollout cost (one-time).
Informed Registry Setup $500
[#8] Secure register/database setup for recording informed individuals.
Documentation Setup $500
[#22] Initial documentation and database entry setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $65K/yr
Staff Wages $25K/yr
[#9] Research staffing allocation (combined fractional FTEs for researchers/technicians; loaded rates).
Contingency Reserve $12K/yr
[#20] Annual allocation to a contingency/misuse oversight fund reserved for misuse investigations or broader mitigation.
Cover Story And Legal $9K/yr
[#16, #17] Annual legal retainer/compliance review and insurance/liability premium allocation.
Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #18, #19, #24] Recurring maintenance and audits for access-control, CCTV reconfiguration, tamper sensors, drills/tabletops, IT audits, and marginal site overhead.
Mental Health Contingency $5K/yr
[#11] On-call mental-health consultant and minor medical care contingency for adverse reactions.
Research And Monitoring $4K/yr
[#10] Human-subjects ethics, medical oversight, and IRB-like approvals for testing.
Supplies And Consumables $500/yr
[#12, #13] Consumables for handling/tests (tape, gloves, archival sleeves) and routine conservation monitoring.
Logistics And Transport $300/yr
[#14] Secure internal transport courier time and escorts (rare transfers).
Sop Updates $300/yr
[#6] Minor SOP updates, memetic-safety protocol refreshers, and signage replacement.
Staff Training $250/yr
[#7] Recurring training for new hires and periodic refreshers (administrative training costs).
Informed Registry Maintenance $200/yr
[#8] Yearly maintenance and secure backups for the informed-individuals registry.
Documentation Maintenance $200/yr
[#22] Ongoing documentation, database versioning, and secure backups.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $65K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine maintenance, training, and scheduled testing; no unauthorized recordings or public exposures.
routine_operations scheduled_testing no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $70K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5K vs baseline
Internal accidental recording or limited unauthorized viewing requiring remedial deletion/redaction, informing operations, and some forensic/administrative work.
unauthorized_internal_recording accidental_exposure
🚨 Major Public Incident $125K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Public leak or viral recording requiring extensive legal/PR response, broad redaction/takedown efforts, and potentially external litigation containment.
public_leak viral_recording
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#9] Shared/partial assignment (≈0.2 FTE equivalent of a full researcher; portion of loaded salary included in staff_wages).
Research Technician 1 [#9] Shared/partial assignment (≈0.12 FTE equivalent of a technician; portion of loaded salary included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Core containment and procedural costs are well-specified in analyst notes (locker, sensors, SOPs, modest staffing), supporting reasonable precision for baseline recurring costs. Tail risks (public leaks, large PR/legal responses) have high uncertainty in frequency and magnitude, reducing overall confidence to medium.
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