ALICE Springs residents will be eating uranium for breakfast if the new mines go ahead, a Labor Party member said.

A confidential ALP document obtained by the Northern Territory News revealed Alice Springs Labor party members opposed the Territory Government's proposal to permit mining at the Angela and Pamela uranium deposits.

The document says an open-cut mine close to Alice Springs in an area prone to dust storms would be dangerous.

"If this goes ahead, we will be eating raw uranium oxide on our Weeties in the future,'' it states.

"After millions have been spent in exploration and proving the deposit, the Government will find it difficult to say no on health and environment grounds.''

Party members are expected to debate a motion urging their own party's government to hold an inquiry into the health, environment, cultural and water supply concerns during next month's Territory ALP conference.

But Mines Minister Chris Natt guaranteed the proposed mine would adhere to all environmental controls.

"There's a lot of scaremongering about this,'' he said.

He said mining companies Cameco and Paladin will hold a public awareness campaign to assure residents there will be no danger.

"They understand the sensitivity of having a mine so close to Alice Springs,'' he said.

"As soon as the word uranium is mentioned, there is always uncertainty and fear.''