Yasir Arafat
Chief Technology Officer
Aalo Atomics
Mr. Yasir Arafat is the President and Chief Technology Officer of Aalo Atomics, where he leads the company’s overall technical direction and oversees integration across Product Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Fuels, and Regulatory Affairs.
Prior to Aalo Atomics, Mr. Arafat served as the national Technical Area Lead for the Department of Energy’s Microreactor Program, where he led the DOE MARVEL program. He brings over 16 years of experience in nuclear development and deployment, with a primary focus on advanced reactor technologies. A recognized pioneer in microreactors, he previously served as Technical Lead of the Westinghouse eVinci™ Microreactor Program, where he directed the overall product design.
Mr. Arafat specializes in executive leadership within the nuclear sector, with deep expertise in product design, factory-scale manufacturing, and innovation strategy. His reactor design experience spans gigawatt-scale reactors, small modular reactors (SMRs), microreactors, and advanced microreactor systems (XMRs).
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Mr. Arafat is the inventor on 14 patents and, in 2023, became the youngest recipient of the American Nuclear Society’s highest honor, the Walter Zinn Medal, in recognition of his contributions to advancing microreactor technology in the United States.
