The Isar Nuclear Power Plant with its cooling tower in Essenbach near Landshut, southern Germany, is pictured on August 4, 2022. - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on August 3, 2022 raised the possibility of keeping nuclear plants going. Extending the lifetime of the plants has set off a heated debate in Germany, where nuclear power has been a source of controversy. Former chancellor Angela Merkel spectacularly decided to ditch atomic energy in 2011 following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP)