"It’ll be decisions of commercial investment Mr Speaker and therefore whether they’re in the magnificent municipality of Randwick, or the shire of the Shoalhaven, or indeed anywhere else in the municipality of Waverly, the city of Ryde," he said.
"Wherever you might go that will be a decision of commercial decision making – it won’t be a decision of the Government Mr Speaker."
The Federal Opposition Member for Grayndler, Anthony Albanese, has challenged Mr Howard to list where the reactor could be built within the Bennelong electorate.
"We know of course that nuclear reactors, because they consume 80 per cent more water than any other energy source, have to be located near water," he said
"So the question is for the Prime Minister – where on the Lane Cove River will he put his nuclear reactor in the electorate of Bennelong?"