"He was a very wanted child," said Mr. Gottshall, 33, a lawyer with the Kerr-McGee Corporation.

Executives of the Kerr-McGee Corporation, which makes the same ammonium perchlorate a mile away, voluntarily shut down and met with city officials to discuss plant safety.

The Kerr-McGee Corporation, founded in 1929, was an energy company involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas.

Still, many independents like Vastar Resources Inc. and the Kerr-McGee Corporation were also among the top bidders.

A1 Fertilizer from radioactive wastes is being sprayed over thousands of acres in Oklahoma by the Kerr-McGee Corporation.

High on his list as a potential restructuring or takeover candidate is the Kerr-McGee Corporation, whose shares closed at $35.50 yesterday, down 37.5 cents.

The division includes the The Kerr-McGee Corporation, the diversified energy concern, said today that it was selling its uranium division.

Her father retired as the manager of quality control there for the refining division of the Kerr-McGee Corporation, the oil company.

One of the witnesses committed suicide shortly before she was to testify against the Kerr-McGee Corporation about the alleged happenings at the plant.

He was a member of the board of the Kerr-McGee Corporation for a few months in 2006.