NEW DELHI: India's $20-billion civil nuclear plant deal with bankrupt Westinghouseis being reworked. This will result in the American company branching out into a design and consultation role, while handing out the construction of the facilities to a local partner.

Sources said that the deal, which will see the installation of six nuclear reactors in Andhra Pradesh, is being "taken back to the drawing board" after Westinghouse — a US unit of Japan's Toshiba — went bankrupt earlier this year.

"A new business model is being worked out and things are being renegotiated," the sources said.

"Westinghouse is getting out of construction business, and they will design the reactors and provide consultation. The construction will be done by Indian companies."

A deal could be signed by this year, the sources said. The matter was also believed to have been touched upon in the meetings on the sidelines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's talks with President Donald Trump.

Westinghouse had held commercial negotiations with Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for the construction of the reactors.

The sources said that the deal — which follows the 2008 India-US civil nuclear agreement — has already been delayed. "We are keen to get it done in 2018."

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