KIEV, Mar. 3 ??“ EnergoAtom, the state-owned nuclear power generating company, may start exporting power to European markets even before the Ukrainian energy system is fully integrated with the European power grid, an official said.

Yuriy Nedashkovsky, EnergoAtom's president, said the company is working on an option for a "partial integration" of Ukrainian nuclear power plants to the European energy system via direct current links.