Fast neutron-induced fission of Pu-240, Am-243 and W-nat

The fast neutron-induced fission cross sections of Pu-240, Am-243, W-nat and Bi-209 have been obtained relative to the fission cross section of U-235 for incident neutrons from 1 MeV to 200 MeV in ``shape'' experiments. The measurements were done at the GNEIS facility simultaneously for each investigated isotopic target using two multiplate ionization chambers and the time-of-flight (TOF) technique on a 48-m flight path. The pulsed ``white spectrum'' neutron source GNEIS had an average intensity of 3 x 10$^{14}$ n/s, burst duration 10 ns and repetition rate 50 Hz. The statistical uncertainty of the measured cross section ratios for the actinide nuclei Pu-240 and Am-243 is about 2{\%} at neutron energies above fission threshold and is less than 10{\%} for the natW at energies above 150 MeV. The systematic error budget is discussed. In addition, the fission cross section of Bi-209 has been obtained to compare with results of previous experiments. The new fission cross section of U-235(n,f) from the international standards evaluation was used to convert the ratio data to fission cross-sections. Finally the shape fission cross section measurements were normalized using the new evaluations from the ENDF/B-VII.0 library for the actinides, while for the sub-actinides the normalization was done using the target thicknesses of investigated and reference (U-235) nuclei. The fission cross section of Am-243 above $\sim$40 MeV was measured for the first time and that of W-nat was measured for the first time with a ``white spectrum'' neutron source.