5 MW, called TR-2, went into service in the same building and the existing pool after becoming criticality in December 1981. The reactor started radioisotope production in 1984. See also ITU TRIGA Mark-II Training and Research Reactor References Nuclear research institutes Nuclear research reactors Research institutes in Turkey Nuclear technology in Turkey Science and technology in Turkey Buildings and structures in Istanbul Organizations based in Istanbul Organizations established in 1958 Küçükçekmece 1958 establishments in Turkey