Germany completes nuclear phase-out, shutting down final plants.

Germany has begun shutting down its last three nuclear power plants as part of its transition towards renewable energy. The shutdown was agreed to more than a decade ago and has been closely watched abroad. While defenders of atomic energy argue that fossil fuels should be phased out first, public pressure in Germany, stoked by nuclear disasters at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, put pressure on successive German governments to end the use of nuclear technology. Germany aims to be carbon neutral by 2045.