Exhibit 23.1


                    Consent of Independent Public Accountants
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        As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
   incorporation by reference of our reports dated May 6, 1997, included in or
   incorporated by reference into Thermo Remediation Inc.'s Annual Report on
   Form 10-K for the year ended March 29, 1997, and into the Company's
   previously filed Registration Statements as follows: Registration Statement
   No. 33-92030 on Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 33-92058 on Form S-8,
   Registration Statement No. 33-85368 on Form S-8, Registration Statement No.
   33-85370 on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 33-85374 on Form S-8,
   Registration Statement No. 33-85372 on Form S-8, Registration Statement No.
   333-00062 on Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 33-80747 on Form S-8,
   Registration Statement No. 33-80515 on Form S-8, Registration Statement No.
   33-81226 on Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 33-80458 on Form S-3, and
   Registration Statement No. 33-77818 on Form S-3.




                                           Arthur Andersen LLP



   Boston, Massachusetts
   June 6, 1997