Rereading it I realise that only the headline says that "Half the cooling water boiled away" the rest of the text does not claim so (only that 2 meters were not there in the end). From what I know about swedish newspapers headlines are not written by the same people as the articles, so this could very well be an example of exaggerated headline.
For the final analysis of the risk of meltdown I guess we have to wait for the SKI report. The article claims it will be finished in a matter of days, so we should not have to wait long. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
When it comes to the pumps, they are, just like the emergency diesels, 200 % of needed capacity. Only 4 out of 8 pumps are needed to maintain full cooling.
As a sidenote, the EPR will have 4 separate (and this time I guess they really mean it) reserve diesel and cooling systems, and only one will be needed to manitain full power and cooling. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
