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The groups fighting expansion of the nuclear South Texas Project want a detailed side-by-side comparison of how much it would cost to produce the same power with renewable resources such as wind and solar. They think such an analysis should be complete before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission considers granting a license for the multibillion-dollar plan to build two more reactors outside this community. This was among the arguments a consortium of environmental groups made to a panel of judges with the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board at the second and final day of hearings on the project's permit application.