Clare Martin wants to stop the nuclear waste facility planned for the Northern Territory (file photo).ABC TV

The Northern Territory Chief Minister, Clare Martin, is planning to call on the help of Queensland Senator Barnaby Joyce to stop the nuclear waste facility planned for the Territory.

In a full page advertisement in newspapers today, the Territory Government has published an open letter to the Prime Minister accusing him of stripping the rights of Territorians.

The Territory's Country Liberal Party Senator, Nigel Scullion, has declared that he will back nuclear waste dump legislation tabled in the federal Parliament this week.

Ms Martin says Senator Scullion's decision to back the legislation this week is an affront to Territory rights.

"Well I'm not gonna give up on Nigel Scullion," she said.

"He represents the Territory and should be voting this legislation down."