As I said above, Red, I can't see any successful fusion power creating much by way of medium or high level radioactive waste. The most likely by-product, perhaps, would be tritium (half-life @12.3 years, and a beta-emitter, interestingly; decays into Helium 3!). But that, presumably, would be considered useful as additional fuel, if it could be economically extracted!

Do you have a link for the NS article?