The work aims to present preliminary suggestions on establishing the risk control goals of radioactive material transportation to provide decision-making reference for relevant risk evaluation. With the experience of safety research work on nuclear power plants and non-reactor nuclear facilities, the work analyzed the characteristics of radioactive material transportation. A risk matrix was proposed to be used as the risk goal for radioactive material transportation by the discussion of the acceptable boundary setting and the risk index values. Based on the research, the risk matrix was considered to be a reasonable presentation form for radioactive material transportation according to its classification of severity in combination with its accident rate. In the work, a preliminary exploration is made on the establishment of risk control goal for packaging and transportation of radioactive materials. Further works need to do before the risk matric is applicable to the actual transportation activities and become the guidance of transport risk management at last.