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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001021408-02-012220
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20021001
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20021003

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NUCOR CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000073309
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES  ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312]
		IRS NUMBER:				131860817
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04119
		FILM NUMBER:		02780373

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2100 REXFORD RD
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28211
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7043667000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2100 REXFORD ROAD
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28211

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AZTEC MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660629

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NUCLEAR CORP OF AMERICA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19680911
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   __________


                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): OCTOBER 1, 2002


                                   __________


                                NUCOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



           DELAWARE                      1-4119                 13-1860817
        (State or other         (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)                            Identification Number)

       2100 Rexford Road                                           28211
   Charlotte, North Carolina                                    (Zip code)
     (Address of principal
      executive offices)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (704) 366-7000

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

     On October 1, 2002, Nucor Corporation (the "Company") issued $350,000,000
of 4.875% Notes due 2012. The notes are unsecured and rank equally with all of
the Company's unsecured senior indebtedness outstanding from time to time. The
notes are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act") or any state securities laws; however, the Company has agreed to offer to
exchange the notes for a new issue of substantially identical notes registered
under the Securities Act. The notes were sold only to qualified institutional
buyers in the United States and to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions.
The notes may not be resold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from registration requirements.

     Certain statements above are "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements
are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and
other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our
current expectations. Such factors include, among others, the possibility that
the proposed exchange of substantially identical registered notes may not occur
as expected by the Company. The forward-looking statements contained herein
speak only as of this date, and Nucor does not assume any obligation to update
them.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                              NUCOR CORPORATION


                                              By: /s/ Terry S. Lisenby
                                                  ------------------------------
                                              Name: Terry S. Lisenby
                                                    ----------------------------
                                              Its: Chief Financial Officer
                                                   -----------------------------

Date:    October 2, 2002

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