Here are my thoughts: If we assume civilization doesn't collapse, the concept of radiation is likely to remain poignant enough to keep people from futzing aroun

Here are my thoughts: If we assume civilization doesn't collapse, the concept of radiation is likely to remain poignant enough to keep people from futzing around in a radioactive waste repository. However, if we do assume civilization collapses and people forget about what radiation is, we can also safely assume that the future civilization will not be industrialized. If the waste is stored in some place extremely remote, inhospitable, or miles underground, the sheer cost of trying to reach the material would bankrupt any future civilization. We do have some precedence for this, one of the Great Pyramids was meant to be dismantled but it just proved too expensive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Menkaure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Menkaure