Radiance Particles Research

Mobile Suite powerplants designed by Neo-Zeon prior to the 3rd Neo-Zeon War, they are specifically designed so that they use a special Crystal created from Nuclear Waste and is placed in the Heart of a Minovsky Powerplant, it uses the radiation to "mutate" the particles into a new and more powerful form.

Design
The hinting at basic Minovsky Particles and these "mutated" Radiance Particles