The Labor Senator for the Northern Territory Trish Crossin says an independent inquiry into a proposed uranium mine south of Alice Springs will go ahead only at the mining stage of the development.

Senator Crossin says an environmental impact study will be supported by the Government once the mining company has completed exploration of the Angela-Pamela site.

She says the cultural and social impacts of mining will be assessed along with the effect of the mine on local water resources.

"The Labor Party's policy both at the Territory and more predominantly at the Federal level is that we have changed our policies in relation to uranium mining."

A spokeswoman for the Beyond Nuclear Initiative welcomes Labor's commitment to conduct an independent inquiry, but says the commitment doesn't go far enough.

Anti-nuclear campaigner Nat Wasley says she has concerns that stringent regulations like those at the Ranger uranium mine, near Kakadu National Park will not be applied to the Angela-Pamela sites.

She says the sites, 25 kilometres south of Alice Springs, are recognised by the Northern Territory Government as areas of national bio-diversity and conservation significance.

"Uranium mining uses a lot of water regardles of which type of uranium mine it would be, shallow pit or an underground mine. From my research of uranium mines around the world there are numerous accidents all the time and incidents."