TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Nucor Steel Nebraska

Total reported releases 50k lb fell sharply year over year (-56%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

2911 E NUCOR RD, Norfolk, Nebraska · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Nucor CORP

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 50k.656k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'2450k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

Manganese And Manganese Compounds releases at Nucor Steel Nebraska fell from 30k lb to 10k lb (66% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

Zinc compounds

Zinc compounds releases at Nucor Steel Nebraska fell from 64k lb to 29k lb (54% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Zinc compounds

Zinc compounds at Nucor Steel Nebraska have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Nucor Steel Nebraska have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

29k lb · -54% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

10k lb · -66% YoY

Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS N495

Nickel And Nickel Compounds

7k lb · -11% YoY

Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

1k lb · -62% YoY

Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)

731 lb · -77% YoY

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper And Copper Compounds

718 lb · -72% YoY

Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS N096

Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds

565 lb · -85% YoY

Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

GENERALCAS 554-13-2

Lithium carbonate

131 lb · -14% YoY

Lithium carbonate concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (5 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 6,399. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
27.5%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
17.4%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
9.4%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
16.8%

Over age 64

Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.

Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.

What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.