diff --git a/src/xml-fortran/templates/cmfd_t.xml b/src/xml-fortran/templates/cmfd_t.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<template>
+
+  <options rootname="cmfd" />
+
+  <typedef name="mesh_xml">
+    <component name="dimension" type="integer-array" />
+    <component name="origin" type="double-array" />
+    <component name="width" type="double-array" />
+  </typedef>
+
+  <variable name="mesh_" tag="mesh" type="mesh_xml" />
+  <variable name="energy_" tag="energy" type="word" length="250" default="''" />
+
+</template>