diff --git a/examples/cmfd_testing/cmfd_ref.xml b/examples/cmfd_testing/cmfd_ref.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae50243c03
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+++ b/examples/cmfd_testing/cmfd_ref.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<cmfd>
+
+  <mesh>
+    <lower_left>  -10 -1 -1 </lower_left>
+    <upper_right>  10  1  1 </upper_right>
+    <dimension> 10 1 1 </dimension>
+    <albedo> 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 </albedo>
+  </mesh>
+
+  <begin>5</begin>
+  <display>dominance</display>
+  <feedback>true</feedback>
+  <gauss_seidel_tolerance>1.e-15 1.e-20</gauss_seidel_tolerance>
+</cmfd>
diff --git a/examples/cmfd_testing/geometry.xml b/examples/cmfd_testing/geometry.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73ea679c4c
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+++ b/examples/cmfd_testing/geometry.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<geometry>
+
+<!-- Definition of Cells -->
+  <cell id="1">
+    <universe>0</universe>
+    <region>-1 2 -3 4 -5 6</region>
+    <material>1</material>
+  </cell>
+
+<!-- Defition of Surfaces -->
+  <surface id="1">
+    <type>x-plane</type>
+    <coeffs>10</coeffs>
+    <boundary> vacuum </boundary>
+  </surface>
+  <surface id="2">
+    <type>x-plane</type>
+    <coeffs>-10</coeffs>
+    <boundary> vacuum </boundary>
+  </surface>
+  <surface id="3">
+    <type>y-plane</type>
+    <coeffs>1</coeffs>
+    <boundary>reflective</boundary>
+  </surface>
+  <surface id="4">
+    <type>y-plane</type>
+    <coeffs>-1</coeffs>
+    <boundary>reflective</boundary>
+  </surface>
+  <surface id="5">
+    <type>z-plane</type>
+    <coeffs>1</coeffs>
+    <boundary>reflective</boundary>
+  </surface>
+  <surface id="6">
+    <type>z-plane</type>
+    <coeffs>-1</coeffs>
+    <boundary>reflective</boundary>
+  </surface>
+
+</geometry>
diff --git a/examples/cmfd_testing/materials.xml b/examples/cmfd_testing/materials.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70580e3a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cmfd_testing/materials.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<materials>
+
+  <!-- Definition of materials -->
+  <material id="1">
+    <density value="19" units="g/cc" />
+    <nuclide name="U235" wo="0.21" />
+    <nuclide name="U238" wo="0.68" />
+    <nuclide name="O16" wo="0.11" />
+  </material>
+
+</materials>
diff --git a/examples/cmfd_testing/settings.xml b/examples/cmfd_testing/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0646677bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cmfd_testing/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<settings>
+
+  <!-- Parameters for criticality calculation -->
+  <run_mode>eigenvalue</run_mode>
+  <batches>20</batches>
+  <inactive>10</inactive>
+  <particles>1000</particles>
+
+  <!-- Starting source -->
+  <source>
+    <space>
+      <type>box</type>
+      <parameters>-10 -1 -1 10 1 1</parameters>
+    </space>
+  </source>
+
+  <!-- Shannon Entropy -->
+  <mesh id="10">
+    <dimension> 10 1 1 </dimension>
+    <lower_left> -10.0 -1.0 -1.0 </lower_left>
+    <upper_right> 10.0  1.0  1.0 </upper_right>
+  </mesh>
+  <entropy_mesh>10</entropy_mesh>
+
+  <!-- Run CMFD -->
+  <!--run_cmfd>true</run_cmfd-->
+</settings>
diff --git a/examples/cmfd_testing/tallies.xml b/examples/cmfd_testing/tallies.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c869711147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cmfd_testing/tallies.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<tallies>
+
+  <mesh id="1">
+    <type>regular</type>
+    <lower_left>-10 -1 -1 </lower_left>
+    <upper_right>10 1 1</upper_right>
+    <dimension>10 1 1</dimension>
+  </mesh>
+
+  <filter id="1">
+    <type>mesh</type>
+    <bins>1</bins>
+  </filter>
+
+  <tally id="1">
+    <filters>1</filters>
+    <scores>flux</scores>
+  </tally>
+
+</tallies>