Exhibit 23.2


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

To ThermoTrex Corporation:

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
reports dated November 9, 1999 (except with respect to the matter discussed
in Notes 3, 16 and 18, as to which the date is February 11, 2000), included
or incorporated by reference in ThermoTrex Corporation's Annual Report on
Form 10-K/A for the year ended October 2, 1999 in this Registration Statement
and related Proxy Statement-Prospectus of Thermo Electron Corporation on Form
S-4, and to all references to our Firm included in this Registration
Statement and related Proxy Statement-Prospectus.


Boston, Massachusetts
July 6, 2000