The invention relates to the technical field of
nuclear power, and provides a reactor passive starting device and a reactor passive starting method in order to reduce or eliminate a blind area range during passive starting of a
nuclear power reactor. The device comprises a
detector arranged in an out-of-reactor detection duct and a
neutron channel box arranged in a descending section
coolant layer between a
pressure vessel and a
hanging basket of a reactor, wherein the
neutron channel box is close to the out-of-reactor
detector; when the
neutron channel box is a hollow channel, the passive starting method of the reactor comprises the following steps: in the starting process of the reactor, keeping that the neutron channel box is filled with high-pressure gas, keeping that a
coolant does not circulate in the neutron channel box, and keeping that the
coolant still circulates in other areas between the
hanging basket and the
pressure vessel; after the critical start of the reactor is completed, injecting a coolant into the neutron channel box; according to the method, the critical monitoring blind area in the critical starting process of the first-cycle reactor is eliminated, and blind-area-free passive starting of the first-cycle reactor is realized.