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
January 09, 2004
BRITISH ENERGY PLC
(Registrant's name)
3 Redwood Crescent
Peel Park
East Kilbride G74 5PR
Scotland
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
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: December Output Statement dated
09 January 2004
BRITISH ENERGY plc
DECEMBER OUTPUT STATEMENT
A summary of net output from British Energy's UK power stations in December is
given in the table below, together with comparative data for the previous
financial year:
2002/03 2003/04
December Year to Date December Year to Date
Load Load Load Load
Output Factor Output Factor Output Factor Output Factor
(TWh) (%) (TWh) (%) (TWh) (%) (TWh) (%)
Nuclear 5.91 83 45.93 73 5.18 73 47.99 76
Coal 0.85 59 3.80 30 0.91 63 4.77 37
Nuclear
Planned Outages
- Low load refuelling was carried out on both reactors at Torness and on one
reactor each at Hunterston B and Heysham 2.
- A refuelling outage was completed on one reactor each at Dungeness B and
Hartlepool.
Unplanned Outages
- Both units at Heysham 1 remained shutdown following the failure of a
seawater cooling pipe. We believe that the outage on both units is likely to
continue into mid-February 2004 as previously advised.
AmerGen
- The sale of British Energy's 50% interest in AmerGen to Exelon was
completed on 22 December. The annual output from AmerGen up to 21 December
was 14.1 TWh.
CONTACTS
Andrew Dowler 0207 831 3113 (Media Enquiries)
Paul Heward 01355 262 201 (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: January 09, 2004 BRITISH ENERGY PLC
By:____Paul Heward____
Name: Paul Heward
Title: Director - Investor Relations