diff --git a/docs/source/publications.rst b/docs/source/publications.rst
index 097cd43d0a..9536208639 100644
--- a/docs/source/publications.rst
+++ b/docs/source/publications.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ Benchmarking
 Coupling and Multi-physics
 --------------------------
 
+- Matthew Ellis, Derek Gaston, Benoit Forget, and Kord Smith, "Preliminary
+  Coupling of the Monte Carlo Code OpenMC and the Multiphysics Object-Oriented
+  Simulation Environment for Analyzing Doppler Feedback in Monte Carlo
+  Simulations," *Nucl. Sci. Eng.*, **185**, xxx-xxx
+  (2017). `<http://dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-26>`_
+
 - Matthew Ellis, Benoit Forget, Kord Smith, and Derek Gaston, "Continuous
   Temperature Representation in Coupled OpenMC/MOOSE Simulations," *Proc. PHYSOR
   2016*, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 1-5, 2016.
@@ -78,9 +84,13 @@ Coupling and Multi-physics
   Estimate Dominance Ratio and Adjoint," *Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.*, **109**,
   1389-1392 (2013).
 
---------
-Geometry
---------
+--------------------------
+Geometry and Visualization
+--------------------------
+
+- Logan Abel, William Boyd, Benoit Forget, and Kord Smith, "Interactive
+  Visualization of Multi-Group Cross Sections on High-Fidelity Spatial Meshes,"
+  *Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.*, **114**, 391-394 (2016).
 
 - Derek M. Lax, "Memory efficient indexing algorithm for physical properties in
   OpenMC," S. M. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
@@ -94,6 +104,15 @@ Geometry
 Miscellaneous
 -------------
 
+- Timothy P. Burke, Brian C. Kiedrowski, William R. Martin, and
+  Forrest B. Brown, "GPU Acceleration of Kernel Density Estimators in Monte
+  Carlo Neutron Transport Simulations," *Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.*, **115**,
+  531-534 (2016).
+
+- Timothy P. Burke, Brian C. Kiedrowski, and William R. Martin, "Cylindrical
+  Kernel Density Estimators for Monte Carlo Neutron Transport Reactor Physics
+  Problems," *Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.*, **115**, 563-566 (2016).
+
 - Yunzhao Li, Qingming He, Liangzhi Cao, Hongchun Wu, and Tiejun Zu, "Resonance
   Elastic Scattering and Interference Effects Treatments in Subgroup Method,"
   *Nucl. Eng. Tech.*, **48**, 339-350
@@ -174,6 +193,10 @@ Doppler Broadening
 Nuclear Data
 ------------
 
+- Vivian Y. Tran, Jonathan A. Walsh, and Benoit Forget, "Treatments for Neutron
+  Resonance Elastic Scattering Using the Multipole Formalism in Monte Carlo
+  Codes," *Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.*, **115**, 1133-1137 (2016).
+
 - Paul K. Romano and Sterling M. Harper, "Nuclear data processing capabilities
   in OpenMC", *Proc. Nuclear Data*, Sep. 11-16, 2016.
 
@@ -292,6 +315,10 @@ Parallelism
 Depletion
 ---------
 
+- Matthew S. Ellis, Colin Josey, Benoit Forget, and Kord Smith, "Spatially
+  Continuous Depletion Algorithm for Monte Carlo Simulations,"
+  *Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.*, **115**, 1221-1224 (2016).
+
 - Anas Gul, K. S. Chaudri, R. Khan, and M. Azeen, "Development and verification
   of LOOP: A Linkage of ORIGEN2.2 and OpenMC," *Ann. Nucl. Energy*, **99**,
   321--327 (2017). `<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2016.09.016>`_
diff --git a/openmc/data/data.py b/openmc/data/data.py
index 92be7cadee..9759411abd 100644
--- a/openmc/data/data.py
+++ b/openmc/data/data.py
@@ -179,6 +179,32 @@ def atomic_mass(isotope):
 
     return _ATOMIC_MASS.get(isotope.lower())
 
+
+def atomic_weight(element):
+    """Return atomic weight of an element in atomic mass units.
+
+    Computes an average of the atomic mass of each of element's naturally
+    occurring isotopes weighted by their relative abundance.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    element : str
+        Name of element, e.g. 'H', 'U'
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    float or None
+        Atomic weight of element in atomic mass units. If the element listed does
+        not exist, None is returned.
+
+    """
+    weight = 0.
+    for nuclide, abundance in NATURAL_ABUNDANCE.items():
+        if re.match(r'{}\d+'.format(element), nuclide):
+            weight += atomic_mass(nuclide) * abundance
+    return None if weight == 0. else weight
+
+
 # The value of the Boltzman constant in units of eV / K
 # Values here are from the Committee on Data for Science and Technology
 # (CODATA) 2010 recommendation (doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.84.1527).
diff --git a/src/nuclide_header.F90 b/src/nuclide_header.F90
index a329b5bccc..bf6a9b4892 100644
--- a/src/nuclide_header.F90
+++ b/src/nuclide_header.F90
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ module nuclide_header
 
     ! If only one temperature is available, revert to nearest temperature
     if (size(temps_available) == 1 .and. &
-         method == TEMPERATURE_INTERPOLATION) then
+         method == TEMPERATURE_INTERPOLATION .and. master) then
       call warning("Cross sections for " // trim(this % name) // " are only &
            &available at one temperature. Reverting to nearest temperature &
            &method.")
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ module nuclide_header
         call close_group(urr_group)
 
         ! Check for negative values
-        if (any(this % urr_data(i) % prob < ZERO)) then
+        if (any(this % urr_data(i) % prob < ZERO) .and. master) then
           call warning("Negative value(s) found on probability table &
                &for nuclide " // this % name // " at " // trim(temp_str))
         end if