From d7a7d0f45c26d41dd772de204490b47bec2e27c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Romano <paul.k.romano@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:09:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug with <element> specifying xs attribute. Closes #269
 on github.

---
 src/input_xml.F90 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/input_xml.F90 b/src/input_xml.F90
index 76b1f696f..b6ac4ae6c 100644
--- a/src/input_xml.F90
+++ b/src/input_xml.F90
@@ -1520,7 +1520,9 @@ contains
         call get_node_value(node_ele, "name", name)
 
         ! Check for cross section
-        if (.not.check_for_node(node_ele, "xs")) then
+        if (check_for_node(node_ele, "xs")) then
+          call get_node_value(node_ele, "xs", temp_str)
+        else
           if (default_xs == '') then
             message = "No cross section specified for nuclide in material " &
                  // trim(to_str(mat % id))