FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
November 18, 2004
BRITISH ENERGY PLC
(Registrant's name)
3 Redwood Crescent
Peel Park
East Kilbride G74 5PR
Scotland
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Exhibit Index
The following document (bearing the exhibit number listed below) is furnished
herewith and is made a part of this Report pursuant to the General Instructions
for Form 6-K:
Exhibit Description
No. 1 RNS Announcement, re: October Output Statement dated 18 November 2004
18 NOVEMBER 2004
BRITISH ENERGY plc - OUTPUT STATEMENT
A summary of net output from all of British Energy's power stations in October
is given in the table below, together with comparative data for the previous
financial year:-
2003/04 2004/05
October Year to Date October Year to Date
Output Load Output Load Output Load Output Load
(TWh) Factor (%) (TWh) Factor (TWh) Factor (TWh) Factor
(%) (%) (%)
UK Nuclear 4.61 65 37.87 77 4.44 62 33.12 67
UK Other 0.88 61 3.12 31 0.46 32 3.53 35
Planned Outages
- A refuelling outage was carried out on one unit at Dungeness B.
- Low load refuelling was carried out on one unit at Hunterston B, one
unit at Heysham 2 and both units at Torness.
- A statutory outage continued on one unit at Heysham 1.
- Both units at Hartlepool remained shutdown to carry out statutory outage
work and planned work on cast iron pipework.
Restart
- Both units at each of Heysham 1 and Hartlepool remain shutdown.
Although work to demonstrate the integrity of certain boilers has been
virtually completed, we are continuing to make other modifications to
Hartlepool and Heysham 1 before they are restarted. The Company does
not currently expect Heysham 1 and Hartlepool to return to service
before mid-December.
Output
- In light of this, the Company has reduced its target for nuclear output
for the financial year 2004/2005 to 59.5 TWh.
Contact:
Andrew Dowler 020 7831 3113 (Media Enquiries)
John Searles 01355 262202 (Investor Relations)
Find this News Release on our web-site: www.british-energy.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 18, 2004 BRITISH ENERGY PLC
By:____John Searles____
Name: John Searles
Title: Director - Investor Relations