  The Linear Collider Flavour Identification (LCFI) collaboration studies CCD
detectors for quark flavour identification in the framework of a future linear
e+e- collider. The flavour identification is based on precision reconstruction
of charged tracks very close to the interaction point. Therefore, this detector
will be exposed to a high level of radiation and thus an important aspect of
the vertex detector development are radiation hardness studies. Results of
detailed simulations of the charged transport properties of a CCD prototype
chip are reported and compared with initial measurements. The simulation
program allows to study the effect of radiation damage after the exposure of
the detector to a realistic radiation dose, which is expected in the
environment of detector operation at a future LC.
