In a wise reversal of policy, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman stated Thursday that he will block the shipment of Italian nuclear waste to a desert dump site in his state. 

The governor had wanted the federal government to determine where to dispose of foreign waste, but said he changed his mind because the feds have been slow to adopt any policy of blocking foreign waste shipments into the U.S. and because room for waste is limited.

The U.S. has enough problems figuring out a way to store its own nuclear waste.  The last thing we need is to get into the business of being a global dumping ground for countries and companies like EnergySolutions, which asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to store about 1,600 tons of low-level waste from Italy at a dump some 70 miles outside of Salt Lake City.