Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Feb. 27, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
May 16, 2013
Oct. 22, 2012
Aug. 06, 2012
Dec. 31, 2007
Dec. 31, 2012
Jun. 15, 2012
Aug. 28, 2012
patients
Jun. 20, 2014
Jul. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Research recorded fees $ 12,267,313us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense $ 3,109,331us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense                      
Total project estimated to cost                       800,000us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess  
Research and development costs 700,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcess                        
Security deposit 34,733us-gaap_SecurityDeposit                         
Letter of credit 34,733us-gaap_LineOfCredit                        
Manufacturing Agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Project estimated cost for clinical trials of drug Ac-225-HuM195 2,200,000atnm_ProjectEstimatedCost
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  3,300,000atnm_ProjectEstimatedCost
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Non - refundable institutional fee     562,790atnm_NonRefundableInstitutionalFee
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= atnm_ManufacturingAgreementMember
                   
Research and development costs 662,239us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcess
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Einstein [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Total project estimated to cost       183,391us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess
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= atnm_AlbertEinsteinMember
                 
Research and development costs       92,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcess
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Abbview Biotherapeutics Corp [Member] | Product Development and Patent License Agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
License fee payment 3,000,000us-gaap_LicenseCosts
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= atnm_AbbviewBiotherapeuticsCorpMember
                       
Milestones payments 7,750,000atnm_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentMilestonesPayment
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= atnm_AbbviewBiotherapeuticsCorpMember
                       
Description of royalty payment Company shall pay to AbbVie Biotherapeutics Corp on a country-by-country basis a royalty of 12% of net sales of all licensed products until the later of: (1) 12.5 years after the first commercial sale, or (2) when the patents expire.                        
Royalty of net sales percentage 12.00%atnm_RoyaltyOfNetSalesPercentage
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First commercial sale period 12 years 6 months                        
Abbview Biotherapeutics Corp [Member] | After First Net Sales [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Milestones payments 1,500,000atnm_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentMilestonesPayment
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Abbview Biotherapeutics Corp [Member] | Phase I Clinical Trial of a licensed product [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Milestones payments 750,000atnm_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentMilestonesPayment
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= atnm_AbbviewBiotherapeuticsCorpMember
                       
Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp [Member] | After First Net Sales [Member] | Product Development and Patent License Agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Net sales in milestones payment 10,000,000us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionMilestoneMethodRevenueRecognized
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Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp [Member] | Phase I Clinical Trial of a licensed product [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Milestones payments 750,000atnm_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentMilestonesPayment
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Aptiv Solutions [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Project estimated cost for clinical trials of drug Ac-225-HuM195         2,200,000atnm_ProjectEstimatedCost
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= atnm_AptivSolutionsMember
2,200,000atnm_ProjectEstimatedCost
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2,200,000atnm_ProjectEstimatedCost
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= atnm_AptivSolutionsMember
           
Down payment of project estimated cost percentage 12.50%atnm_DownPaymentOfProjectEstimatedCostPercentage
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Down payment for project 1,900,000atnm_DownPaymentForProject
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= atnm_AptivSolutionsMember
            239,000atnm_DownPaymentForProject
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= atnm_AptivSolutionsMember
239,000atnm_DownPaymentForProject
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= atnm_AptivSolutionsMember
       
Total project estimated to cost 2,700,000us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess
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= atnm_AptivSolutionsMember
                       
Research and development costs 388,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcess
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270,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcess
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= atnm_AptivSolutionsMember
                     
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center [Member] | license and sponsored research agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Milestones payments                   1,000,000atnm_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentMilestonesPayment
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Description of royalty payment Royalty payments of 2% of net sales will be due to FHCRC.                        
Royalty of net sales percentage                   2.00%atnm_RoyaltyOfNetSalesPercentage
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Fund for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center lab ( Per year for the first two years )                   150,000atnm_FundToRelatedPartyUnderAgreementForFirstTwoYear
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Fund for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center lab ( thereafter )                   250,000atnm_FundToRelatedPartyUnderAgreementAfterYearTwo
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= atnm_FredHutchinsonCancerResearchCenterMember
     
Research recorded fees 222,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
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= atnm_FredHutchinsonCancerResearchCenterMember
75,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
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= atnm_LicenseAndSponsoredResearchAgreementMember
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= atnm_FredHutchinsonCancerResearchCenterMember
                     
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center [Member] | Maximum [Member] | license and sponsored research agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Clinical trial cost for approval of food and drug administration                   23,500,000atnm_ClinicalTrialCostForApprovalForFoodAndDrugAdministration
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center [Member] | Minimum [Member] | license and sponsored research agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Clinical trial cost for approval of food and drug administration                   13,200,000atnm_ClinicalTrialCostForApprovalForFoodAndDrugAdministration
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University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center [Member] | Clinical Trial Agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Number of Patients                     24atnm_NumberOfPatients
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Amount paid to each patient after Completing clinical trial                     500,000atnm_AmountPaidToEachPatient
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= atnm_UniversityOfTexasMDAndersonCancerCenterMember
  34,383atnm_AmountPaidToEachPatient
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= atnm_ClinicalTrialAgreementMember
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= atnm_UniversityOfTexasMDAndersonCancerCenterMember
Start-up fee for clinical trial                     33,946atnm_StartUpFeeForClinicalTrial
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= atnm_UniversityOfTexasMDAndersonCancerCenterMember
   
Start-up due cost paid date                     Dec. 31, 2013    
Non - refundable institutional fee                     14,500atnm_NonRefundableInstitutionalFee
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= atnm_ClinicalTrialAgreementMember
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= atnm_UniversityOfTexasMDAndersonCancerCenterMember
   
Research recorded fees 102,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
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= atnm_ClinicalTrialAgreementMember
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= atnm_UniversityOfTexasMDAndersonCancerCenterMember
                       
Johns Hopkins University [Member] | Clinical Trial Agreement [Member]                          
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)                          
Amount paid to each patient after Completing clinical trial