diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 951337d9f..f9d457d63 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-*.mat linguist-vendored
 *.ipynb linguist-vendored
+*.m linguist-vendored
+*.h5 linguist-vendored
+*.out linguist-vendored
+*.mat linguist-vendored
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-labels.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c27facc4..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-labels.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-name: Auto add and remove labels
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [closed]
-  pull_request:
-    types: [closed]
-
-jobs:
-  # job for issue events
-  auto-labels-issues:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.issue.pull_request }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Remove Priority and Status labels
-        run: |
-          id=${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-          gh issue edit $id --remove-label "Priority:*"
-          gh issue edit $id --remove-label "Status:*"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-
-  # job for pr events
-  auto-labels-pr:
-    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_reqeust }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Remove Priority and Status labels
-        run: |
-          id=${{ github.event.pull_reqeust.number }}
-          gh pr edit $id --remove-label "Priority:*"
-          gh pr edit $id --remove-label "Status:*"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-dependencies.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e95596534..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-dependencies.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-# Preamble
-name: Cache dependencies
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 9 * * 1' # run every monday @ 9AM
-  # enable worflow to be run manually
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  CACHE_NUMBER: 0 
-
-jobs:
-  cache-build-dependencies:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-
-    env:
-      MPI: no
-      OMP: no
-      PHDF5: no
-      DAGMC: no
-      EVENT: no
-      VECTFIT: no
-      LIBMESH: no
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-## TESTING CACHE ##
-# Setup conda 
-      - name: Set up conda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
-          activate-environment: saltproc-env
-          use-mamba: true
-      - run: |
-          conda config --env --set pip_interop_enabled True
-
-# check for existing cache
-      - name: Set cache date
-        run: echo "DATE=$(date +'%Y%m%d')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - uses: actions/cache@v4
-        id: dependencies-cache
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/endfb71_hdf5
-          key: depcache-${{ hashFiles('environment.yml') }}-${{ env.DATE }}-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}
-
-# Install dependencies
-      - name: Update environment
-        run: mamba env update -n saltproc-env -f environment.yml
-        if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-
-      - name: Install OpenMC cross section library
-        if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/scripts/ci/openmc-xs.bash
-      
-      - name: Install SaltProc
-        run: pip install .
-
-      - name: Check packages
-        run: conda list
-
-  cache-doc-dependencies:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/next-release-minor.yml b/.github/workflows/next-release-minor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8853e264a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/next-release-minor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,209 +0,0 @@
-# Preamble
-name: Create next minor release 
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [released]
-  # enable worflow to be run manually
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  get-environment-variables:
-    outputs:
-      release-version: ${{ steps.job-outputs-step.outputs.release-version }}
-      new-release-version: ${{ steps.job-outputs-step.outputs.new-release-version }}
-      minor-version: ${{ steps.job-outputs-step.outputs.minor-version }}
-      milestone-number: ${{ steps.job-outputs-step.outputs.milestone-number }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Get most recent release version
-        run: |
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/tags --jq '.[0] | .name')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Increment minor version
-        run: |
-          IFS='.' read -ra arr <<< ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-          MINOR_VERSION=$((${arr[1]}+1))
-          arr[1]=$MINOR_VERSION
-          NEW_RELEASE_VERSION="${arr[0]}.${arr[1]}.${arr[2]}"
-          echo "MINOR_VERSION="$MINOR_VERSION >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "NEW_RELEASE_VERSION="$NEW_RELEASE_VERSION >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          
-      - name: "Check for existing ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} draft release"
-        run: |
-          RELEASES=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases \
-          -H "Authorize: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-          -X GET \
-          --jq '.[] | .name')
-          if [[ $RELEASES =~ ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} ]]
-          then
-            echo "Release exists"
-          else
-            gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases \
-            -H "Authorize: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-            -X POST \
-            -F name=${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} \
-            -F tag_name=${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} \
-            -F draft=true 
-          fi
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: "Check for existing ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} milestone"
-        run: |
-          MILESTONES=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/milestones \
-          -H "Authorize: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-          -X GET \
-          --jq '.[] | .title')
-          if [[ $MILESTONES =~ ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} ]]
-          then
-            echo "Milestone exists"
-          else
-            gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/milestones \
-            -H "Authorize: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-            -X POST \
-            -F title=${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} 
-          fi
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: "Get milestone number for ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-        run: |
-          mapfile -t MILESTONE_NAMES < <(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/milestones \
-          -H "Authorize: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-          -X GET \
-          --jq '.[] | .title')
-          mapfile -t MILESTONE_NUMBERS < <(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/milestones \
-          -H "Authorize: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-          -X GET \
-          --jq '.[] | .number')
-          for i in ${!MILESTONE_NAMES[@]}
-          do
-            if [[ ${MILESTONE_NAMES[$i]} == ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} ]]
-            then
-              INDEX=$i
-            fi
-          done
-          echo "MILESTONE_NUMBER="${MILESTONE_NUMBERS[$INDEX]} >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Get job outputs
-        id: job-outputs-step
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=release-version::${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          echo "::set-output name=minor-version::${{ env.MINOR_VERSION }}"
-          echo "::set-output name=new-release-version::${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          echo "::set-output name=milestone-number::${{ env.MILESTONE_NUMBER }}"
-
-
-  make-next-version-inital-pr:
-    needs: get-environment-variables
-    env:
-      RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-environment-variables.outputs.release-version }}
-      NEW_RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-environment-variables.outputs.new-release-version }}
-      MINOR_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-environment-variables.outputs.minor-version }}
-      MILESTONE_NUMBER: ${{ needs.get-environment-variables.outputs.milestone-number }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          ref: master
-
-      - name: "Make initial changes for ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-        run: |
-          echo "Update version.py"
-          sed -i "s/_version_micro = '*[0-9]*'*/_version_micro = ''/g" saltproc/version.py
-          sed -i "s/_version_minor = [0-9]*/_version_minor = ${{ env.MINOR_VERSION }}/g" saltproc/version.py
-          sed -i "s/^# _version_extra = 'dev'/_version_extra = 'dev'/g" saltproc/version.py
-          sed -i "s/^_version_extra = '0'/# _version_extra = '0'/g" saltproc/version.py
-          echo "Create new release notes"
-          cp doc/releasenotes/template.rst doc/releasenotes/${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}.rst
-          sed -i "s/vx.x.x/${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}/g" doc/releasenotes/${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}.rst
-          sed -i "s/${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}/${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}\n  ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}/g" doc/releasenotes/index.rst
-
-      - name: "Create PR containing inital changes for ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}" 
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          base: master
-          add-paths: |
-            saltproc/version.py
-            doc/releasenotes/${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}.rst
-            doc/releasenotes/index.rst
-
-          branch: "${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}-init"
-          delete-branch: true
-          commit-message: "inital changes for ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          title: "[INIT] Update `version.py` and create release notes for version ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          body: "This is an automated PR that updates the version number and creates the release notes file for version ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}. This should be the first PR merged during development of version ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          reviewers: yardasol
-          milestone: ${{ env.MILESTONE_NUMBER }}
-          labels: |
-            Priority:1-Critical
-            Status:5-In Review
-            Type:Style
-            Type:Docs
-            Difficulty:1-Beginner
-            Comp:Build
-
-  make-next-version-final-pr:
-    needs: [get-environment-variables, make-next-version-inital-pr]
-    env:
-      NEW_RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-environment-variables.outputs.new-release-version }}
-      MILESTONE_NUMBER: ${{ needs.get-environment-variables.outputs.milestone-number }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          ref: master
-          
-      - name: Get changes from the INIT PR
-        run: |
-            git pull origin ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}-init
-
-      - name: "Make changes necessary for publishing ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} in advance"
-        run: |
-          echo "Prepare for full release"
-          sed -i "s/\.\. note:: These release notes are currently in production\.//g" doc/releasenotes/${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}.rst
-          sed -i "s/^_version_extra = 'dev'/# _version_extra = 'dev'/g" saltproc/version.py
-          sed -i "s/# _version_extra = '0'/_version_extra = '0'/g" saltproc/version.py
-
-      - name: "Create PR containing changes necessary for publishing ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          base: master
-          add-paths: |
-            saltproc/version.py
-            doc/releasenotes/${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}.rst
-            doc/releasenotes/index.rst
-
-          branch: "${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}-final"
-          delete-branch: true
-          commit-message: "final changes before publishing ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          title: "[REQUIRED FOR PUBLISHING] Finishing touches for version ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          body: "This is an automated PR that updates the version number and release notes in preparation for the full release of version ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}. This should be last PR merged before publishing version ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}. Rebasing this PR on top of the most recent commit in `master` is a prequisite of publishing version ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }}. We rebase becasue the commits in this PR were created around the same time development on ${{ env.NEW_RELEASE_VERSION }} began."
-          reviewers: yardasol
-          milestone: ${{ env.MILESTONE_NUMBER }}
-          labels: |
-            Priority:2-Normal
-            Status:1-New
-            Type:Style
-            Type:Docs
-            Difficulty:1-Beginner
-            Comp:Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml b/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml
index a42965400..0cba9628f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash -l {0}
 
-    env:
-      MPI: no
-      OMP: no
-      PHDF5: no
-      DAGMC: no
-      EVENT: no
-      VECTFIT: no
-      LIBMESH: no
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4