Application of a time-correlated associated particle method for absolute cross-section measurements of heavy nuclides

The joint fission cross-section measurements program of the V. G. Khlopin Radium Institute and the Technical University of Dresden is described. The errors and uncertainties of the time correlated associated particle method of fission cross-section measurements for 2.6, 8.5, and 14.7-MeV neutrons are discussed. Experimental results of absolute fission cross-section measurements of /sup 235/U, /sup 238/U, /sup 237/Np, and /sup 239/Pu for 14.7 MeV-neutrons and of /sup 235/U for 2.6 and 8.2-MeV neutrons are given.