Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details)

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Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Aug. 02, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Jul. 29, 2014
Oct. 01, 2014
Oct. 01, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Number of Reportable Segments   2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments          
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets, Including Not Held for Sale   $ 701,000pesi_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationIncludingNotHeldForSale $ 4,481,000pesi_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationIncludingNotHeldForSale        
Assets   88,636,000us-gaap_Assets [1] 92,060,000us-gaap_Assets [1]        
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount   137,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount 223,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount        
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Warrants or Options Issued (in Shares) 2us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentWarrantsOrOptionsIssued1            
Stock Issued as Consideration for Debt (in Shares) 90,000pesi_StockIssuedAsConsiderationForDebt            
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 3,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount            
Goodwill, Impairment Loss   380,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 27,856,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss        
USEC [Member]              
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Revenues   10,272,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_USECMember
2,037,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_USECMember
       
Concentration Risk, Percentage   18.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_USECMember
2.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_USECMember
       
CH Plateau Remediation Company [Member]              
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Revenues   5,762,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_CHPlateauRemediationCompanyMember
19,922,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_CHPlateauRemediationCompanyMember
       
Concentration Risk, Percentage   10.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_CHPlateauRemediationCompanyMember
26.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_CHPlateauRemediationCompanyMember
       
Services [Member] | SYA [Member]              
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Goodwill, Impairment Loss       380,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_SYAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_ServicesMember
     
Services [Member]              
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Assets   8,920,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_ServicesMember
[1] 11,951,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_ServicesMember
[1]        
Goodwill, Impairment Loss   380,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_ServicesMember
14,165,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_ServicesMember
       
Treatment [Member]              
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Assets   50,226,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_TreatmentMember
[1] 49,978,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_TreatmentMember
[1]        
Goodwill, Impairment Loss     13,691,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_TreatmentMember
  0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_TreatmentMember
0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pesi_TreatmentMember
 
PF Medical S.A. [Member]              
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Assets   1,213,000us-gaap_Assets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
0us-gaap_Assets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
       
SYA [Member]              
Note 17 - Segment Reporting (Details) [Line Items]              
Goodwill, Impairment Loss       $ 380,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_SYAMember
    $ 380,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_SYAMember
[1] Segment assets have been adjusted for intercompany accounts to reflect actual assets for each segment.