Opponents of the idea to use the Northern Territory for nuclear waste dumping will seek support for their campaign in Wollongong.Following the high-profile transfer of spent nuclear fuel to Port Kembla last month, the organisers of a public forum at the Illawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre are hoping they might find sympathy for their cause in the Illawarra.The public forum will be held on April 22 at 6pm and coincides with the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference, a major industry event being held in Sydney.Traditional land owners from the Muckaty land trust in the Northern Territory will speak at the forum.In 2011, the first shipment of Australia's re-processed low and intermediate level waste is due back from Scotland and France and needs to be stored somewhere, based on an agreement signed in the 1990s.The Federal Government has committed to identifying a long-term storage location, and areas in the Northern Territory, including Muckaty, are tipped as the most likely.Dianne Stokes, from the Yapa Yapa group of Muckaty, said traditional owners of the land should be consulted about the prospect of dumping waste."We're not happy to have all of this stuff," she said."We don't want it - it's not our spirit."Our spirit is our country, our country where our ancestors have been born. Before towns, before hospitals, before cities. We want our country to be safe."Other speakers on the night will be Illawarra Aboriginal Land Council chair Dootch Kennedy and South Coast Labour Council secretary Arthur Rorris.