US-based Excel Services Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South African engineering and project-delivery company Lesedi Nuclear Services. This brings together Excel’s US and international experience in nuclear regulatory consulting, licensing, and operational support with Lesedi’s expertise in engineering, maintenance, and plant-operations services.
The partnership will explore opportunities to support plant operations, including engineering, maintenance, licensing, and life-extension activities, as well as new-build nuclear projects across Africa, the Middle East, and the US.
“Excel has decades of experience supporting the US nuclear fleet and international operators across multiple continents,” said Excel President and CEO Donald R Hoffman. “Partnering with Lesedi, one of Africa’s most respected engineering and nuclear services companies, strengthens our collective ability to support plant operations and contribute to new-build programs across key global markets.”
Lesedi Executive Director and founder Francis Carruthers noted: “This partnership aligns with our ambition to further expand our presence beyond South Africa and to play an active role in the development of nuclear energy solutions in Africa, the Middle East, and the US. Since 2006, Lesedi has already performed over 100 interventions for specialised maintenance activities during outages at 29 nuclear power stations in the USA, Spain, UK, Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Netherlands and China.”
Through this MOU, Excel and Lesedi will evaluate and pursue cooperation in plant operations and life-extension support, engineering, maintenance, and outage services, regulatory and licensing support, feasibility studies, planning, and owner’s-engineer services for new-build projects, and support for emerging SMR initiatives and future nuclear infrastructure.
