The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory says it is inappropriate for the Federal Government to imply a nuclear waste dump will be built there regardless of suitability tests.

ALEC nuclear campaigner Nat Wasley says Environment Minister Senator Ian Campbell has indicated the facility will go ahead despite the outcomes of scientific assessments and community feedback.

Ms Wasley says the Minister needs to be more impartial before he has seen any test results.

"From now on we're really going to be holding them accountable that they're consulting thoroughly with the communities that live around the area," she said.

"Communities living in Katherine and Alice Springs, the whole Northern Territory and as many people in Australia as we can to keep a check on this process.

"In the last week the company's only just been awarded a tender to start the site assessment so the three proposed sites - two are quite close to Alice Springs and they actually haven't begun to process the site survey yet - so actually they might find at the end of this period that none of those sites are suitable for a nuclear waste facility," she said.