India's Modi sees reactor purchases marking new era in cooperation with the U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indian 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)