KYIV, Oct 18 - Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom reduced power generation by 5.1% year-on-year in January-September 2018, to 61.9 billion kWh, the company has said.

The target was met by 101.2%.

Electricity sales totaled 57.376 billion kWh compared to 60.359 billion kWh a year previously. Energoatom's share of total electricity sold to Energomarket state enterprise was 54%, down 4 percentage points year-on-year, and the share of total electricity generation in the country was 52.7%, down 3.9 p.p.

The company sold electricity worth UAH 37.662 billion (including VAT) on the wholesale power market, which is 8.9% more than in January-September 2017.