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 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
 
+    notes_0.6.1
     notes_0.6.0
     notes_0.5.4
     notes_0.5.3
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+.. _notes_0.6.1:
+
+==============================
+Release Notes for OpenMC 0.6.1
+==============================
+
+-------------------
+System Requirements
+-------------------
+
+There are no special requirements for running the OpenMC code. As of this
+release, OpenMC has been tested on a variety of Linux distributions, Mac OS X,
+and Microsoft Windows 7. Memory requirements will vary depending on the size of
+the problem at hand (mostly on the number of nuclides in the problem).
+
+------------
+New Features
+------------
+
+- Coarse mesh finite difference acceleration no longer requires PETSc
+- Statepoint file numbering is now zero-padded
+- Python scripts now compatible with Python 2 or 3
+- Ability to run particle restarts in fixed source calculations
+- Capability to filter box source by fissionable materials
+- Nuclide/element names are now case insensitive in input files
+- Improved treatment of resonance scattering for heavy nuclides
+
+---------
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- 03e890_: Check for energy-dependent multiplicities in ACE files
+- 4439de_: Fix distance-to-surface calculation for general plane surface
+- 5808ed_: Account for differences in URR band probabilities at different energies
+- 2e60c0_: Allow zero atom/weight percents in materials
+- 3e0870_: Don't use PWD environment variable when setting path to input files
+- dc4776_: Handle probability table resampling correctly
+- 01178b_: Fix metastables nuclides in NNDC cross_sections.xml file
+- 62ec43_: Don't read tallies.xml when OpenMC is run in plotting mode
+- 2a95ef_: Prevent segmentation fault on "current" score without mesh filter
+
+.. _03e890: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/03e890
+.. _4439de: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/4439de
+.. _5808ed: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/5808ed
+.. _2e60c0: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/2e60c0
+.. _3e0870: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/3e0870
+.. _dc4776: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/dc4776
+.. _01178b: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/01178b
+.. _62ec43: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/62ec43
+.. _2a95ef: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc/commit/2a95ef
+
+------------
+Contributors
+------------
+
+This release contains new contributions from the following people:
+
+- `Sterling Harper <smharper@mit.edu>`_
+- `Bryan Herman <bherman@mit.edu>`_
+- `Adam Nelson <nelsonag@umich.edu>`_
+- `Paul Romano <paul.k.romano@gmail.com>`_
+- `Jon Walsh <walshjon@mit.edu>`_
+- `Will Boyd <wbinventor@gmail.com>`_