Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power plant near Grohnde, Germany, W …

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power plant near Grohnde, Germany, W ...

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power plant near Grohnde, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Germany on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 is shutting down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)