SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                              Date of Report (Date
                          of earliest event reported):

                                September 4, 2002
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                           THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware                               1-8002                         04-2209186
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                                   Identification
                                                                       Number)

81 Wyman Street, P.O. Box 9046
Waltham, Massachusetts                                                02454-9046
(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)



                                 (781) 622-1000
                         (Registrant's telephone number
                              including area code)








Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
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     (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired: Not applicable.

     (b) Pro Forma Financial Information: Not applicable.

     (c) Exhibits:

          99.1 Statement  Under  Oath  of  Principal  Executive  Officer,  dated
               September 4, 2002.

          99.2 Statement  Under  Oath  of  Principal  Financial  Officer,  dated
               September 4, 2002.

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

     On September 4, 2002, each of the Principal  Executive Officer,  Richard F.
Syron, and Principal Financial Officer,  Theo Melas-Kyriazi,  of Thermo Electron
Corporation  submitted to the SEC sworn  statements  pursuant to Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  Order No. 4-460.  Although these  statements  were not due
until  November  12,  2002,  each of the officers has chosen to submit the sworn
statements at this time.

     A copy of each of these  statements is attached  hereto as an Exhibit (99.1
and 99.2).






                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized, on this 5th day of September 2002.


                                        THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION


                                        By:     /s/ Kenneth J. Apicerno
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                                                Kenneth J. Apicerno
                                                Treasurer







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number   Description
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99.1 Statement  Under Oath of Principal  Executive  Officer,  dated September 4,
     2002.

99.2 Statement  Under Oath of Principal  Financial  Officer,  dated September 4,
     2002.






                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

    STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
                 CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS


I, Richard F. Syron, state and attest that:

     (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Thermo  Electron  Corporation,  and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:

     o    no covered report  contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
          of the end of the period  covered by such  report (or in the case of a
          report on Form 8-K or definitive  proxy  materials,  as of the date on
          which it was filed); and

     o    no covered  report  omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
          the statements in the covered  report,  in light of the  circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
          covered  by such  report  (or in the case of a  report  on Form 8-K or
          definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.

     (3) In this statement  under oath,  each of the  following,  if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

     o    Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended  December 29, 2001 of
          Thermo Electron Corporation;

     o    all reports on Form 10-Q,  all reports on Form 8-K and all  definitive
          proxy  materials  of  Thermo  Electron   Corporation  filed  with  the
          Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above;
          and

     o    any amendments to any of the foregoing.

                                      Subscribed and sworn to
                                      before me this 4th day of September, 2002.
 /s/ Richard F. Syron                 /s/ Barbara J. Lucas
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 Richard F. Syron                     Notary Public: Barbara J. Lucas
 Principal Executive Officer          My Commission Expires: June 9, 2006
 September 4, 2002




                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2


      STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS
               AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS


I, Theo Melas-Kyriazi, state and attest that:

     (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Thermo  Electron  Corporation,  and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:

     o    no covered report  contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
          of the end of the period  covered by such  report (or in the case of a
          report on Form 8-K or definitive  proxy  materials,  as of the date on
          which it was filed); and

     o    no covered  report  omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
          the statements in the covered  report,  in light of the  circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
          covered  by such  report  (or in the case of a  report  on Form 8-K or
          definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.

     (3) In this statement  under oath,  each of the  following,  if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

     o    Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended  December 29, 2001 of
          Thermo Electron Corporation;

     o    all reports on Form 10-Q,  all reports on Form 8-K and all  definitive
          proxy  materials  of  Thermo  Electron   Corporation  filed  with  the
          Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above;
          and

     o    any amendments to any of the foregoing.


                                      Subscribed and sworn to
                                      before me this 4th day of September, 2002.
/s/ Theo Melas-Kyriazi                /s/ Barbara J. Lucas
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Theo Melas-Kyriazi                    Notary Public: Barbara J. Lucas
Principal Financial Officer           My Commission Expires: June 9, 2006
September 4, 2002