The ultimate goal is to take the results of a successful outage and repeat that outage under the guidance of the TOPS program. TOPS is made up of a series of menus and indexes with hypertext linking. It also allows for search by keyword, title, or drawing number for various indexes. General TOPS Tools TOPS contains a general work-scope template for developing custom work scopes for an upcoming outage. The work-scope template has an extensive listing of tasks, covering all types of units, and the user checks off the tasks that are desired.
Users can also input additional tasks into the list.
Then TOPS compiles the choices and generates the custom work scope for the bid requests. These templates provide a platform for developing custom documentation during and after the initial TOPS-assisted outage. The flowcharts can also be used as a guide for performing life assessments on various components. Each component type has a general decision flowchart developed by technical directors and crew foremen. During the custom TOPS development phase, the relevant flowcharts are tailored to the specific unit components for future guidance.