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
Aug. 20, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
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
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  
August 2014 Debenture [Member]    
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]    
Share Price $ 3.76us-gaap_SharePrice
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Debt Instrument, Face Amount 4,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
 
Interest Payable $ 172,435us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
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= clrb_August2014DebentureMember
 
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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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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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
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= 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, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights $ 4.6875us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
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= clrb_UnderwriterMember
 
Common Stock [Member] | August 2014 Underwritten Offering [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
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= clrb_August2014UnderwrittenOfferingMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
 
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights $ 4.68us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= clrb_August2014UnderwrittenOfferingMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
 
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued 1,109,690us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentSharesIssued1
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= clrb_August2014UnderwrittenOfferingMember
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember