Funny...
I wonder how they *saw* the rods.. did they pop off the reactor cap and take a peek in and measure it? lol
I am going to assume that when they went in and re-calibrated the water level gauges they found the level to be below where the fuel normally is so it's a good assumption the fuel has broken/melted/fallen down the the bottom of the pressure vessel since it's still being cooled by the lower than normal level.
but for how long?