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 14, 2003


                               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 14 November 2003





British Energy plc

14 November 2003



Clarification to October Output Statement

Further to the October output statement released yesterday, British Energy
wishes to clarify the statement on 2003/4 nuclear output which should read:

2003/04 UK Nuclear Output

At the outset of the year, the Company's forecast for total UK nuclear output
for the current financial year was approximately 67 TWh after establishing a
reserve for unplanned outages in excess of 8 TWh. The figure of approximately 5
TWh, previously stated, excluded a provision for minor station losses. Based on
outages to date and the Company's current expectations as to the return to
service of Sizewell B and Heysham 1, the remaining reserve for unplanned outages
is in excess of 2 TWh.

Furthermore, having now substantially completed the outage programme for the
current financial year, the overall operational risk is expected to be lower.

CONTACTS
Andrew Dowler                          020 7831 3113       (Media Enquiries)
Paul Heward                            01355 262 201       (Investor Relations)


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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 14, 2003                    BRITISH ENERGY PLC

                                           By:____Paul Heward____

                                           Name:  Paul Heward
                                           Title: Director - Investor Relations