The Department of Energy announcement was welcomed by Nevada elected officials who oppose using Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste dump. Members of a congressional tour make their way through the north portal of Yucca Mountain near Mercury on Saturday, July 14, 2018. “It’s about time for the Trump administration to finally recognize we will not allow nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain,” she said in a statement. “Until the law changes and a solution to nuclear waste storage is found, I will never stop fighting to keep nuclear waste out of Nevada and ensure any decision about nuclear waste has the consent of impacted communities.” “After decades of Yucca Mountain being singled out for the storage of high-level nuclear waste, we are no longer being targeted for storing waste we haven’t created.”