Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

CONVERTIBLE DEBT (Details Textual)

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CONVERTIBLE DEBT (Details Textual) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Feb. 05, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2013
Feb. 20, 2014
Debt Conversion [Line Items]          
Convertible Debt $ 4,000,000us-gaap_ConvertibleDebt        
Convertible Debentures And Warrants To Purchase Common Stock 400,000clrb_ConvertibleDebenturesAndWarrantsToPurchaseCommonStock        
Payment For Convertible Debentures 4,000,000clrb_PaymentForConvertibleDebentures        
Securities Purchase Agreement, Initiation Date Feb. 05, 2014        
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date Feb. 06, 2014        
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price $ 10.00us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1        
Gross Proceeds From Sale Of Securities 2,000,000clrb_GrossProceedsFromSaleOfSecurities        
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights $ 20.00us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1       $ 10.00us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
Warrants Expiration Date Feb. 06, 2019        
Debt Conversion Converted Instrument Value Warrants Issued 254,000clrb_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentValueWarrantsIssued 254,024clrb_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentValueWarrantsIssued 0clrb_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentValueWarrantsIssued    
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount 3,746,000us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentAmount1 4,172,444us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentAmount1 0us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentAmount1    
Deposit Liabilities, Accrued Interest   172,000us-gaap_DepositLiabilitiesAccruedInterest      
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate   1.07%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate   0.92%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate  
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate   110.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate   109.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate  
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term   3 years 7 months 20 days   4 years 1 month 20 days  
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount   254,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount      
February 2014 PIPE Warrants [Member]          
Debt Conversion [Line Items]          
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate 1.52%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= clrb_February2014PipeWarrantsMember
       
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate 110.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= clrb_February2014PipeWarrantsMember
       
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate 0.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= clrb_February2014PipeWarrantsMember
       
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term 5 years        
Subsequent Event [Member]          
Debt Conversion [Line Items]          
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage   8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
     
Gross Proceeds From Sale Of Securities $ 8,000,000clrb_GrossProceedsFromSaleOfSecurities
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember