Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details)

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Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 7 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2014
Jul. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2015
Aug. 31, 2014
PF Medical S.A. [Member]          
Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) [Line Items]          
Capital Investment in Publicly Traded Shell Company, Percentage Acquired 64.00%pesi_CapitalInvestmentInPubliclyTradedShellCompanyPercentageAcquired
/ us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
       
Series E Common Stock [Member] | Private Placement [Member] | PF Medical S.A. [Member]          
Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) [Line Items]          
Common Stock, Value, Subscriptions         $ 2,357,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesSubscriptions
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= pesi_SeriesECommonStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
Series E Common Stock [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member] | PF Medical S.A. [Member]          
Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) [Line Items]          
Cash From Capital Transaction, to Be Received   636,000pesi_CashFromCapitalTransactionToBeReceived
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= pesi_SeriesECommonStockMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
     
Series E Common Stock [Member] | PF Medical S.A. [Member]          
Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) [Line Items]          
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)     155,839us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= pesi_SeriesECommonStockMember
   
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs     242,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= pesi_SeriesECommonStockMember
   
Series E Preferred Stock [Member] | Private Placement [Member] | PF Medical S.A. [Member]          
Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) [Line Items]          
Common Stock, Shares Subscribed but Unissued (in Shares)         250,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesSubscribedButUnissued
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesEPreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | PF Medical S.A. [Member]          
Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) [Line Items]          
Cash From Capital Transaction, to Be Received       243,000pesi_CashFromCapitalTransactionToBeReceived
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
 
Series E Common Stock SharesTo Be Issued (in Shares)   68,161pesi_SeriesECommonStockSharesToBeIssued
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
  26,000pesi_SeriesECommonStockSharesToBeIssued
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
 
PF Medical S.A. [Member]          
Note 4 - Perma-Fix Medical S.A. (Details) [Line Items]          
Cash Received From Capital Transaction     $ 1,478,000pesi_CashReceivedFromCapitalTransaction
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= pesi_PFMedicalSAMember