MCNP Why does it say F5 tally is not in any cell?

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The error "fatal error. detector no. 1 of tally 5 is not in any cell" indicates that the specified detector is not located within any defined geometry cells. The geometry consists of three concentric cylinders with a point source at the center, but the detector's position may not correspond to any existing cell. The input file shows the cells and surfaces, but the placement of the detector at coordinates x=0, y=96, z=0 appears to be outside the defined regions. To resolve this, the detector's position should be adjusted to ensure it falls within the boundaries of the defined cells. Properly aligning the detector with the geometry will eliminate the error.
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Sorry for two questions in a row, this one we have been stumped on for the entire day
We're getting "fatal error. detector no. 1 of tally 5 is not in any cell.", What could be causing this?
In the manual and all examples we've seen, nobody has parameters specifying cell location for the tally.
It is a very simple problem, 3 concentric layered cylinders on the Z axis, with a point Cf-252 source in the center, and a ring detector 1cm outside the outer surface.
Below is our simple input file if needed

1- c MCNP TEST
2- c CELL CARDS
3- 1 1 -0.96 -100 -400 500 IMP:N=1.0 $ For radius 0-10 (under plane 400, above plane 500)
4- 2 2 -11.34 100 -200 -400 500 IMP:N=1.0 $ For radius 10-20
5- 3 1 -0.96 200 -300 -400 500 IMP:N=1.0 $ For radius 20-95
6- 4 0 600 IMP:N=0 $ Terminate outside of kill-sphere
7-
8- c SURFACE CARDS
9- 100 CZ 10
10- 200 CZ 20
11- 300 CZ 95
12- 400 PZ 500 $
13- 500 PZ -500 $Two planes to cut infinitely tall cylinders
14- 600 SO 700 $Kill sphere around entire problem
15-
16- c DATA CARDS
17- MODE N
18- TOTNU
19- NPS 10000
20- SDEF POS=0 0 0 CEL=1 PAR=1 ERG=D1
21- SP1 -3 1.18000 1.03419
22- c MATERIAL SPECIFICATION
23- M1 NLIB=60c $ pOLYETHEYLENE CH2
24- 1001 2.0 $ Hydrogen
25- 6000 1.0 $ Carbon
26- M2 NLIB=60c $ Lead
27- 82207 1.0
28- c TALLY SPECIFICATIONS
29- F5Z:N 0 96 0
30- E5 1 18
31- DF5 IU=1 IC=10 FAC=6.44e7
And a snip of the output file where the error is looks like this:
28- c TALLY SPECIFICATIONS
29- F5Z:N 0 96 0
30- E5 1 18
31- DF5 IU=1 IC=10 FAC=6.44e7

fatal error. detector no. 1 of tally 5 is not in any cell.

ring detector specifications
detector a0 r axis r0
1 0.00000E+00 9.60000E+01 z 0.00000E+00
 
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Hi,
I am agree with mcnp :-)
Your geometry is very strange at the position x=0 y=96 z=0 it is a no man's land : nothing "le néant"
 
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