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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Summary of Stock Option Plans Activity | A summary of activity under Nucor’s stock option plans for the first nine months of 2017 is as follows (in thousands, except years and per share amounts):
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted - Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted - Average Remaining Contractual Life |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Number of shares under stock options: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of year |  |  | 3,591 |  |  | $ | 45.32 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 698 |  |  | $ | 59.07 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (144 | ) |  | $ | 37.54 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 3,618 |
Canceled |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 4,145 |  |  | $ | 47.90 |  |  |  | 7.1 years |  |  | $ | 35,842 |
Stock options exercisable at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 1,848 |  |  | $ | 43.37 |  |  |  | 5.2 years |  |  | $ | 23,415 |
Summary of Nucor's RSU Activity | A summary of Nucor’s RSU activity for the first nine months of 2017 is as follows (shares in thousands):
|  | Shares |  |  | Grant Date Fair Value |
Restricted stock units: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unvested at beginning of year |  |  | 1,040 |  |  | $ | 48.47 |
Granted |  |  | 721 |  |  | $ | 59.07 |
Vested |  |  | (634 | ) |  | $ | 53.21 |
Canceled |  |  | (13 | ) |  | $ | 50.21 |
Unvested at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 1,114 |  |  | $ | 52.61 |
Shares reserved for future grants (stock options and RSUs) |  |  | 7,268 |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Nucor's Restricted Stock Activity under AIP and LTIP | A summary of Nucor’s restricted stock activity under the AIP and the LTIP for the first nine months of 2017 is as follows (shares in thousands):
|  | Shares |  |  | Grant Date Fair Value |
Restricted stock awards and units: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unvested at beginning of year |  |  | 67 |  |  | $ | 45.77 |
Granted |  |  | 172 |  |  | $ | 60.62 |
Vested |  |  | (144 | ) |  | $ | 51.69 |
Canceled |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Unvested at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 95 |  |  | $ | 54.45 |
Shares reserved for future grants |  |  | 683 |  |  |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure for stock option plans. Includes, but is not limited to, outstanding awards at beginning and end of year, grants, exercises, forfeitures, and weighted-average grant date fair value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (e) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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