Yasir Arafat

Dr. Yasir Arafat is a reactor design engineer noted for leading the U.S. Department of Energy’s MARVEL microreactor project at Idaho National Laboratory. As Chief Project Lead for MARVEL , he spearheaded the concept-to-construction of a first-of-a-kind microreactor in record time. Arafat previously spent a decade at Westinghouse, where he contributed to the AP1000 reactor and initiated the eVinci micro-reactor program. In 2023, he joined startup Aalo Atomics as Chief Technology Officer to design the Aalo-1 (a 10 MWe liquid-metal cooled reactor), translating his MARVEL experience into commercial innovation.  His career – from helping develop Westinghouse’s reactor designs to demonstrating MARVEL – positions him as a key innovator in advanced nuclear reactor deployment.