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Employee Benefit Plan
9 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2011
Employee Benefit Plan 
Employee Benefit Plan

12. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN: Nucor has a Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan for qualified employees. Nucor's expense for these benefits was $26.4 million and $3.4 million in the third quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively, and was $97.5 million and $24.3 million in the first nine months of 2011 and 2010, respectively.