Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details Textual)

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details Textual) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Aug. 20, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Feb. 20, 2014
Feb. 05, 2014
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]          
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights   6,604,096us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights   275,000us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights  
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights       $ 10.00us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1 $ 20.00us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity $ 13,475,832us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOrSaleOfEquity        
Proceeds from (Repurchase of) Equity 11,877,143us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepurchaseOfEquity        
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs 1,598,689us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts 518,822us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts 0us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts    
Underwriter [Member]          
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]          
Warrants Not Settleable in Cash, Fair Value Disclosure 275,000us-gaap_WarrantsNotSettleableInCashFairValueDisclosure
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August 2014 Debenture [Member]          
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]          
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights $ 4.68us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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Share Price $ 3.76us-gaap_SharePrice
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
       
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 4,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
       
Interest Payable $ 172,444us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
       
Warrant [Member]          
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]          
Share Price $ 0.01us-gaap_SharePrice
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= us-gaap_WarrantMember
       
Common Stock [Member]          
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]          
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues 3,583,333us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
       
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights 3,833,333us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
       
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights $ 4.68us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
       
Share Price $ 3.75us-gaap_SharePrice
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
       
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Discount from Market Price, Offering Date 6.40%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPriceOfferingDate
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
       
Common Stock [Member] | Underwriter [Member]          
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]          
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights 96,988us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
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= clrb_UnderwriterMember
       
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights $ 4.6875us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
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= clrb_UnderwriterMember
       
Common Stock [Member] | August 2014 Debenture [Member]          
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]          
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights 1,109,690us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
       
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights $ 4.68us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
       
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued 1,109,690us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentSharesIssued1
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember