TEPCO: Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 1 "in a state of meltdown" with a hole in the bottom of the reactor vessel

 According to a Reuters news release, Tokyo Electric Power Company confirmed today that Fukushima Dia-Ichi Unit 1 has a hole in its reactor pressure vessel indicating that the nuclear accident is worse than has been previously reported and further complicating efforts to bring multi-unit nuclear accident under control.