Modi sees reactor purchases marking new era in cooperation with U.S

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Last Updated : Jun 08 2016 | 8:07 AM IST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his country's India's planned purchase of six nuclear reactors from Toshiba Corp's Westinghouse Electric would mark a mark new era in nuclear and scientific cooperation with the United States.

"In the field of nuclear energy, we are purchasing six nuclear reactors from Westinghouse, which will mark a new era in our nuclear and scientific cooperation," Modi told an event organized by the U.S. India Business Council during a visit to Washington.

(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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First Published: Jun 08 2016 | 7:51 AM IST

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