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
August 17, 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: July Output Statement dated 17 August 2004
17 August 2004
BRITISH ENERGY plc - OUTPUT STATEMENT
A summary of net output from all of British Energy's power stations in July is
given in the table below, together with comparative data for the previous
financial year:-
2003/04 2004/05
July Year to Date July Year to Date
Output Load Output Load Output Load Output Load
(TWh) Factor (TWh) Factor (TWh) Factor (TWh) Factor
(%) (%) (%) (%)
UK Nuclear 5.14 72 22.18 79 4.78 67 19.80 71
UK Other 0.40 28 1.49 26 0.56 39 1.97 35
Planned Outages
- A statutory outage continued on one unit at Torness.
- Low load refuelling was carried out on both units at Hinkley Point B and
Hunterston B.
Unplanned Outages
- One unit at Dungeness was shutdown through out July to carry out repairs
to the generator and returned to service on 6 August 2004.
- One unit at Heysham 2 was shutdown on 5 July 2004 to carry out gas
circulator inspections and returned to service on 13 August 2004.
Boilers
- A statutory outage on one unit at Hartlepool was completed. However the
unit has not returned to service pending potential work to be carried out to
demonstrate the integrity of certain boilers.
- One unit at Heysham 1 was shutdown pending work to demonstrate the
integrity of certain boilers.
Nuclear Output Target
The Company recently announced its revised target of annual nuclear output in
its statement dated 30 July 2004.
Contacts:
Andrew Dowler 020 7831 3113 (Media Enquiries)
John Searles 01355 26 2202 (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: August 17, 2004 BRITISH ENERGY PLC
By:____Paul Heward____
Name: Paul Heward
Title: Director - Investor Relations