Hewitt tries to end BE crisis  Government presses BNFL to rescue
nuclear generator  Patricia Hewitt, the trade and industry
secretary, is in urgent discussions with British Energy and
British Nuclear Fuels to try to solve the nuclear generator's
funding crisis and keep it out of administration.  The
government is understood to be putting pressure on BNFL, the
state-owned reprocessor, as part of desperate behind the scenes
efforts to find a long term solution for BE and keep the
business in private hands.  Fears that BE is on the brink of
administration led to a dramatic 33% slide in its share price
yesterday. The shares, which were first sold to the public at
100p when BE was privatised five years ago, ended the day at
just 12p. At their peak three years ago they were changing hands
for as much as 700p.  While the government has not ruled out
seeing BE collapse into administration, sources close to the
talks stressed yesterday that negotiations are continuing around
the clock in an effort to find a solution t