Friday 21 April 2006
ABC NT Local News

The office of federal Science Minister Julie Bishop says the Northern Land Council (NLC) has not made any formal proposal for an alternative site to build a national nuclear waste dump.

Three sites in the Northern Territory - two in Central Australia and one near Katherine - are under consideration.

But CLP Senator Nigel Scullion says he is confident none of sites will be the final choice.

Senator Scullion says he expects the final site to be chosen from one or more sites in the Top End nominated by the NLC.

But a spokesman for Ms Bishop says the NLC has not made any recommendations yet.

The spokesman says the Minister is overseas and unavailable for comment but a review of sites is under way and the final choice will be made after that review has run its course.

He says the NLC is not directly involved in that review.