The embodiment of the invention provides a self-adjusting shielding heat preservation device for a micro reactor and an operation method of the self-adjusting shielding heat preservation device, and relates to the field of nuclear reactors. The reactor comprises an outer shell, an inner shell, a
control rod and a
spiral flow channel, the inner shell is sleeved with the outer shell, an outer air inlet hole and an outer air outlet hole are formed in the outer shell, an inner air inlet hole and an inner air outlet hole are formed in the inner shell, a reaction cavity is formed in the inner side of the inner shell, and the
spiral flow channels are arranged on the outer side of the inner shell and the inner side of the outer shell. The
control rod is rotatably arranged on the side wall of the inner shell in a penetrating mode and located on the inner side of the outer shell, the
control rod is provided with a
control area and a non-
control area, and the spiral runner is arranged between the inner shell and the outer shell; the outer gas inlet hole is used for inputting cooling gas, so that the cooling gas sequentially passes through the inner gas inlet hole, the
reaction chamber, the inner gas outlet hole and the
spiral flow channel and then is discharged from the outer gas outlet hole, and the cooling gas is used for flowing along the spiral flow channel and enabling the control rod to rotate so as to drive the control region to rotate into or out of the
reaction chamber.