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'{{Orphan|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox Company | name = Nuclear Measurements Corporation | foundation = 1950s | type = [[Privately held company|Privately held]] [[corporation]] | location_city = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] | location_country = United States | location = | industry = [[Nuclear engineering]] }} '''Nuclear Measurements Corporation''' (NMC) is a privately held company based in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. It is a maker of [[instrumentation]] for the nuclear industry. ==History== NMC was founded in the early 1950s. Their [[Analog signal|analog]] products included [[Geiger counters]], [[gamma]] and [[neutron]] detectors, survey meters, and [[soil]] analyzers. Some are now considered museum pieces.<ref>[http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/southrad/nuclear_measurements.html NMC Products at the Civil Defense Museum]</ref> After going digital in the early 1980s, its [[flagship]] product became the '''PIOPS''' ("Programmable Input Output System"), a portable cart unit with [[embedded system]]s used to measure air samples for [[radioactive]] [[gas]]es and [[Atmospheric particulate matter|particulate matter]]. ==Case law== NMC was the [[defendant]] in a 1996 lawsuit that achieved some notoriety.<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=7th&navby=case&no=952122 Case at FindLaw.com]</ref> The plaintiff, an employee, sued the company and three of its officers for damages caused by alleged breach of fiduciary responsibility and for civil violation of the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] (RICO). The allegations pertained to employee benefit payroll deductions. For a short time, and without notice to employees, NMC applied funds intended for health insurance premiums against daily operating expenses. NMC's argument was that since the business was on the verge of financial collapse, its action was justified in order to keep the business afloat and its staff employed. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of NMC on both charges. ==See also== * [[Nuclear engineering]] * [[Radiation]] * [[Environmental science]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.nuclearmeasurementscorp.com Nuclear Measurements Corporation website] * [http://www.lb7.uscourts.gov/ Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals] * [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/civildefense/cdv700.htm NMC's Model CD V-700 Survey Meter] * [http://www.google.com/patents?q=%22nuclear+measurements+corporation%22&btnG=Search+Patents NMC's U.S. Patents] [[Category:Privately held companies based in Indiana]] [[Category:Energy companies of the United States]]'