The integrity of cement seals is important for isolating underground structures and reservoirs from the environment.
Cementitious materials are included as several different components of radioactive waste disposal systems (grouts, encapsulants, mortars, backfill, structural concrete) and as borehole seals in hydrocarbon and CCS activities.
Quintessa has carried out many modelling studies to quantify the long-term degradation of cement seals in a range of geological environments using state-of-the-art thermodynamic modelling and reactive-transport simulations.
