XBRL Cloud: Business Report

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Network	1069 - Disclosure - Debt and Other Financing Arrangements - Schedule of Debt and Other Financing Arrangements (Detail) (http://www.nucor.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureDebtAndOtherFinancingArrangementsScheduleOfDebtAndOtherFinancingArrangements)
Table	Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table]

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0000073309 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)

Debt Instrument [Line Items]	Period [Axis]
	2016-12-31								2015-12-31
	Long-term Debt, Type [Axis]								Long-term Debt, Type [Axis]
	Industrial Revenue Bonds [Member]	Long-term Debt, Type [Domain]							Industrial Revenue Bonds [Member]	Long-term Debt, Type [Domain]
	Debt Instrument [Axis]	Debt Instrument [Axis]							Debt Instrument [Axis]	Debt Instrument [Axis]
	0.30% to 1.00% Variable, Due from 2020 to 2040 [Member]	Notes, 5.75%, Due 2017 [Member]	Notes, 5.85%, Due 2018 [Member]	Notes, 4.125%, Due 2022 [Member]	Notes, 4.0%, Due 2023 [Member]	Notes, 6.40%, Due 2037 [Member]	Notes, 5.20%, Due 2043 [Member]	Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]	0.30% to 1.00% Variable, Due from 2020 to 2040 [Member]	Notes, 5.75%, Due 2017 [Member]	Notes, 5.85%, Due 2018 [Member]	Notes, 4.125%, Due 2022 [Member]	Notes, 4.0%, Due 2023 [Member]	Notes, 6.40%, Due 2037 [Member]	Notes, 5.20%, Due 2043 [Member]	Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]
Debt instrument face amount	1,010,600,000	600,000,000	500,000,000	600,000,000	500,000,000	650,000,000	500,000,000		1,010,600,000	600,000,000	500,000,000	600,000,000	500,000,000	650,000,000	500,000,000
Total long-term debt								4,360,600,000								4,360,600,000
Less debt issuance costs								21,459,000								23,455,000
Total amounts outstanding								4,339,141,000								4,337,145,000
Total amounts outstanding								4,339,141,000								4,337,145,000
Less current maturities								600,000,000
Total long-term debt due after one year								3,739,141,000								4,337,145,000