Reactor core

Abstract

A reactor core includes an inner core region that extends in a vertical direction, and has a plurality of first fuel pins accommodating an inner core fuel; an outer core region that extends in the vertical direction, is arranged to surround the inner core region from an outer peripheral side, and has a plurality of second fuel pins accommodating an outer core fuel; and a sodium plenum provided above the inner core region and the outer core region, in which a dimension of the outer core fuel in the vertical direction is larger than a dimension of the inner core fuel in the vertical direction, and the position of a center of the outer core fuel in the vertical direction is higher than the position of a center of the inner core fuel in the vertical direction.

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